Mighty Carthage

Carthage:

I just captured this Rare AR Litra from Naville. I was struck by its strong presence and that it matched another coin that I possessed in AV.

Just a cool bit of History from a Lost Empire that was literally OBLITERATED by the Roman Republic...


Carthaginians in Sicily and North Africa,
Uncertain Sicilian mint 4th C BCE.
AR Litra, 9.5mm., 0.65g.
Obv: Palm tree.
Rev: Head of horse r.
Ref: SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 74. Jenkins, Punic, Part 2, p. 31 and pl. 6, C.
Rare. Nice old cabinet tone, Good Very Fine.
From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection


I already had this in AV, but the above AR version is MUCH harder to find.

Carthage
Minted in Sicily
AV 1-10th Stater-Shekel, 0.94g 7.5mm
350-320 BCE
Obv: Palm tree.
Rev: Head of horse r.
Ref: SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 132

I just thought it was cool to have similar designs / similar size coins in AV and AR.

Please pile on with any cool coins from Carthage or Horses or Palm Trees, or just ANY COOL coins you have!

 

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Great coins, Brian. I actually like the silver one more then the gold.

 

LOL, yeah, agreed. The Silver version is much harder to find than the Gold!

 

Fantastic little coin Alegandron, congrats on another great pick up.

 

I think the 2mm extra flan helps too. I like the Palm on it more.

 

Nice pair. Surprisingly I have no Carthaginian coinage. I'd like one of those hefty tetradrachms with horse head reverse someday.

 

Um... DITTO! The Tet is a target of mine also!

 

Very nice capture Brian. I have had my eye on a Tanit stater.

 

Like this?


Carthage Zeugitana 310-270 BCE EL Dekadrachm-Stater 18.5mm 7.27g Tanit Horse 3 pellets in ex MAA 12 SNG COP 136

 

Yep, that is the one! Gorgeous coin.

 

nice... and variety is the spice o life^^

 

Beautiful coins all!

 

WOW, that is a spectacular coin. The OP coin is really nice too but WOW.

 

Same here. Nice coin and "presence".

 

I have no gold or silver to offer but will show this little bronze not seen every day:

Carthage . Circa Late 4th - Early 3rd Century BC. Æ 16mm Sicilian mint. Male head left, grain ears around / Horse prancing right. Calciati III pg. 375, 1; SNG Copenhagen 120 (North Africa); SNG Copenhagen 1031 (Sicily); Müller II pg. 145;
overstruck on a crab/eagle of Akragas (exact type uncertain). There is another of the few shown on acsearch overstruck on a completely different undertype.

Below is the only clear one I found online.
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=94686

 

Now that is a great coin Doug! I like that little AE!

 

Nice addition Brian! You have some really cool Punic coins!

 

My only Carthaginian coin is this Siculo-Punic bronze:

 

You have an amazing Carthaginian collection, @Alegandron. (Or should I call you Gandalf? Where did that come from, anyway?)

My only Carthaginian with both a horse and a palm tree. I believe you have one also:

Punic Iberia, 237-209 BC (depicting Scipio after the capture of Carthago Nova?), AE unit

 

OH! I love that Scipio. Yours is in GREAT shape! I have a couple versions:


Carthago Nova SCIPIO Africanus Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 Rare


Carthago Nova Scipio 209-206 BCE AE 14 Horse Head RARE

LOL, @stevex6 gave me the name of Gandalf as a bastardization of Alegandron. And Alegandron is a complicated bastardization of Alexander the Great's name... (long stupid story)