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ThomasJefferson Valued Member United States 130 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 6:11 pm After a long search for an example of this type, I settled on this piece at a local show. Zeugitania, Carthage 241-221 BC AE Dishekel or AE 25, 11.90 g Head of Tanit l., wearing wreath of corn ears and leaf, earring with l. pendant and necklace with pendants / Horse standing r., on exergual line; above, radiate sun-disk flanked by uraei. Punic letter sin or mem in the r. field. CNP-46e Accompanying the coin is a HJB ticket with an auction lot sticker which I traced back to the 190th Buy or Bid sale held last year. The asking price was $500 which was negotiated down to a sale price of $440. According to the catalog for the HJB sale, the opening bid on this coin was $350. What do we think? Thanks for reading and commenting. Report this Post to the Staff

SilverStackerKid Pillar of the Community United States 6478 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 6:32 pm Very nice coin. I think a little soak in acetone would make is look a bit better. Still a great coin. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 6:43 pm Very nice coin. I can't seem to find a reference in Sear for this one and I'm not familiar with CNP. Report this Post to the Staff
Parklane64 Rest in Peace United States 2668 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 6:57 pm Find this CRH. Report this Post to the Staff
Arael Pillar of the Community United States 567 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 7:02 pm This is awesome, I've never seen a reverse in that style before. This is one of my all time favorite coin types though. Report this Post to the Staff
sel_69l Bedrock of the Community Australia 21788 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 10:46 pm The company Ancient Imports (via VCOINS) has five examples of billon dishekels, ranging from $375 to $490, all seem to be around VF. I suspect that they may have all come from the same hoard. Enter 'dishekel' into their search engine. Report this Post to the Staff
Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 10/04/2015 10:52 pm Great coin, and the fact that it's an ex-Harlan Berk is reassuring. Nice pick up. Report this Post to the Staff
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