GREEK COINAGE
Bruttium, Carthaginians in South-West Italy
Half-shekel circa 216-211 BC, AR 3.34 g. Barley-wreathed head of Tanit-Demeter l. Rev. Horse standing r.; above, solar disk ( uraeus ) and Punic letter ‘ ayin ’ below. E.S.G. Robinson, ”Coinage of the Second Punic war”, in NC 1964, p. 45, 4. Historia Numorum Italy 2016.
Dark patina and good very fine
From the collection of E.E. Clain-Stefanelli.