CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. BI Dishekel (27.5mm, 10.76 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. VF.

Triton XXIX – Session 5
Lot: 5070. Estimated: $ 250

Greek, 12h, Billon

Sold For $ 800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CARTHAGE, First Punic War. Circa 264-241 BC. BI Dishekel (27.5mm, 10.76 g, 12h). Reduced standard. Carthage mint. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background. CNP 184; MAA 44; SNG Copenhagen 190–1; C. C. Lorber, “A hoard of Punic ‘horse and palm’ billon tridrachms” in CH IX, Group 2, 12 (this coin). Green-brown surfaces, a hint of porosity, a few marks. VF.

From the David Chapman Collection. Ex Berk BBS 215 (4 May 2021), lot 50 (incorrect Lorber number cited); 1995 Unknown Findspot hoard (CH IX, 690).


Closing Date and Time: 21 January 2026 at 10:23:00 ET.



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