Lot 3779

Description

Zeugitania, Carthage, (c.215 B.C.), billon tridrachm or one and a half shekel, (11.87 g), obv. head of Tanit to left, crowned with wreath of corn, wearing earring with triple pendant and necklace, rev. free horse standing to right, palm tree with fruit behind, line border, (cf.S.6494, Jenkins [Pl.27, 8 dates 240-230 B.C. p.135], MAA 44; Lorber, "A hoard of Punic `horse and palm' billon tridrachms,"CH IX, Group 4, 210 [this coin], SNG Cop. 190-1 [dates 264-241 B.C.], Visona 34 [notes as billon double shekel and dates 238-230 B.C.]). Small flan, edge cut, very fine and scarce.

This coin type is dated by Lorber (above) to its production during the second Punic War and certainly from about 215 to c.210- c.200 B.C.