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Help Id: Malaka Punic coin. 7 rayed star


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Hi,

Just got this one and am looking for a better attribution to catalogue it.
Would it be a quadrans or sextans? 
What else can be said about it.
15mm
1.6g

Thanks

malaka anv.jpg

malaka rev.jpg

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It appears to be a Quadrans (1/4 Calco).
Struck: (Late 3rd Century BC)

O : Male head(Hephaistos?) right, wearing Egyptian cap.
R : Seven-rayed star; central pellet.

CNH pg. 100, 2; Burgos 1722

Another example:

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