Exceptional Carthaginian Trihemistater

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 316. Estimate $20000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $28500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE. Circa 270-264 BC. AV Trihemistater (12.48 g, 12h). Head of Tanit-Persephone left, wearing grain wreath, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right, head left. Jenkins & Lewis 384.1 (this coin); MAA 26. Superb EF, minor mark on the obverse.

Ex Arthur J. Frank Collection; Jules Furthman Collection; R. P. Pflieger Collection; 1948 Tunis Hoard (ICGH 2271).