445, Lot: 843. Estimate $200. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SICILY, Uncertain Punic mint. First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. Electrotype “5 Shekels” (39mm, 28.89 g, 10h). British Museum electrotype by Robert Ready or his sons (marked R on edge). Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Pegasos flying right; Punic B'RŠT (= "In the land") below. Head, Guide, Period V.C., 29. As made, toned.

From the Johnson Family Collection, purchased from William Koonce, 2 May 1969.