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Ex Lewis Collection and 1925 Orrestano Hoard

Triton XIX, Lot: 2026. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARTHAGE. Circa 320-310 BC. EL Stater (18mm, 7.55 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Horse standing right; pellet on ground line between hind legs. Jenkins & Lewis Group IVb, 193 (this coin, illustrated, obv. enlarged on pl. 35); MAA 9; CNP 2.5i; SNG Copenhagen –; de Luynes 3730; Ars Classica XIII, lot 388. EF, a hint of die wear on obverse, slightly off center on reverse.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Ed Waddell, March 1992. Ex R. B. Lewis Collection; 1925 Orrestano Hoard (IGCH 2264).