144, Lot: 2. Estimate $500. Sold for $2701. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SPAIN, Punic Spain. Circa 237-209 BC. AR 1 1/2 Shekel (26mm, 10.64 g). Beardless and laureate head of Melqart left, club over shoulder / Elephant standing right. MHC 41; CNH pg. 65, 14; SNG BM Spain 98; SNG Copenhagen -. Near VF, toned, porous. Rare.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection; Ex Coin Galleries (10 April 1991), lot 179.