Obverse: A male head (Triptolemus?) wearing a wreath of wheat, facing right.
Reverse: A free-running horse galloping to the right; below, two Punic letters (TH?).
HGC 2, 173 - SNG Cop. 379-380 - Müller III, 38, 45 (Hiempsal II) - Mazard 78 (Hiempsal II); Silver - 1.92 g - 14.5 mm - 4 h
Acquired from the Banque Populaire du Nord in 1980.
In its original mint condition, with a very beautiful iridescent patina and particularly sharp letters on the reverse. Superb, mint condition.
Combining both Carthaginian and Numidian styles, this coin was long attributed to a much later period: the reign of the Numidian king Hiempsal II, father of the Mauritanian king Juba I. The Punic letter H has also posed a problem: it could just as easily be attributed to Hannibal himself.
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