| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30015 Price realized: 9,000 USD (Approx. 8,204 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients ZEUGITANA. Carthage. Ca. 350-320 BC. AV stater (21mm, 9.37 gm, 9h). NGC AU★ 5/5 - 4/5, light marks. Bust of Tanit left, hair wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with eight pendants; dotted border / Horse standing right on exergual line; three pellets to lower right at knee height, dotted border. Jenkins & Lewis, Group IIIg. Attractive, high-relief dies. Bright, flashy surfaces without die rust or deterioration commonly seen on high-grade examples of this series. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Freemen & Sear, Manhattan Sale I (5 January 2010), lot 126. The first gold staters struck by Carthage between 350 and 320 BC were of a nearly pure alloy and weighed more than the ubiquitous gold staters of Philip II and Alexander the Great. As time went on this coinage was debased with silver and reduced in weight -- hence the much more numerous Carthage staters produced after ca. 320 BC are now termed "electrum." This early stater in pure gold shows a delicacy of style that indicates the dies were created by a Greek engraver of consummate skill. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-zeugitana-carthage-ca-350-320-bc-av-stater-21mm-937-gm-9h-ngc-auand-9733-5-5-4-5-light-marks/a/3113-30015.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 10000-15000 USD |  |
