Pre-Long Beach Auction #91

Carthaginian Occupation. Electrum 3/8 Shekel (2.42 g), ca 216-211 BC Choi. Struck at Bruttium. Janiform female head wreathed with corn. Reverse: Zeus holding thunderbolt and scepter, standing in quadriga right, driven by Nike, who stands beside him, holding reins. SNG ANS 146; Historia Numorum Italy 2010; Jenkins-Lewis 487; Robinson, Second p. V, 3 (Capua). Well struck for this very rare issue. Choice Very Fine.
This rare issue was previously attributed to Capua in Campania, but has now been conclusively reattributed to the Carthaginians in Bruttium. These coins were struck in Carthage and transported to South Italy for Hannibal's use. (see G.K. Jenkins, Studi per Laura Breglia, Parte I, General-Numismaticaa Greca. Bollettino di Numismatica, Supplemento al No. 4, Rome, 1987, pp. 223-4. Estimated Value $7,000 - 8,000

Tom Peterson collection; Private purchase from Tom Cederline.