Carthage Pile On Thread...

Thank you both!

 

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the H and I are abbreviations for Hercules and Jupiter.

"Some of these coins have an H or an I in the reverse fields. These are the first letter of the names of the Roman gods Hercules and Jupiter (Jove). Diocletian and Maximianus claimed lineage with the gods- Diocletian was in the family of Jupiter and Maximianus was in the family of Hercules. Their respective Caesar was also related to the deity."

 

A youthful Constantius preparing for his invasion of Britain:

RIC Volume VI, Lugdunum, folles, No. 17a, Constantius, Caesar of the West, 10.1 gm

Obverse depiction: Constantius, truncated bare neck bust, laureate, facing right.
Inscription: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C (earliest titulature)

Reverse depiction: Genius of the Roman people facing left
Inscription: GENIO POPV -- LI ROMANI

Britannia invasion coinage produced in Gaul at unknown Continental mint

 

Here is mine:

 

Nice one. That is the "real" Carthage. What is the diameter and weight?

 

Zeugitania, Carthage 300-264 BC, AE19

4.26g
Wreathed head of Tanit left wearing a pendant earring and necklace
Horse head right
SNG Cop 144
Sardinian mint

I'd have to measure I forget the diameter

 

Nice, thanks...

 

Here are a few more. Don't have my detailed attributions handy.






Watch out for the next one, it is a FAKE!!!!! I got my money back, and the seller I bought it from got theirs back, but later I saw it for sale again. Funny that.

FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE

FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE

John

 

Did I mention the last one is a fake?

 

One more Carthaginian for the pile: 18.5mm, 5g, 6h die axis AE Shekel.

Carthage, circa 300-264 BC, Æ Shekel(?), mint on Sardinia
Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: Head of horse right; sun (circle with 8 rays) to right
Ref: SNG Copenhagen 144-6

 

That's a WONDERFUL coin, @Sulla80!!! Such a dark black patina and a cool control mark I've rarely seen before! With MAA 57 being such a common type, it's great to see such a unique variation.

 

Here's another one.



Carthage, Second Punic War (220-215 BC)
AE Trishekel

29 mm, 18.21 g

MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344.

 

Carthage
201-175 BCE
Æ 15 Shekels
45 mm 7.5 mm thick. 102g
Wreathed Tanit
Horse Uraeus above.
MAA 104 SNG Cop 400
RARE

 

SCIPIO IN BARCID SPAIN - CARTHAGO NOVA - Qart Hadasht


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



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

 

This was actually one of my first ancients. Need to rephotograph it:

ZEUGITANA, Anonymous. Denomination: AE Trishekel , minted: Utica; ca. 200 BC
Obv: Jugate laureate heads of the Dioskouroi right; stars above.
Rev: Two horses standing right; Punic legend above.
Weight: 14.21g; Ø:26mm. Catalogue: MAA A109; Müller 341; SNG Copenhagen 428.. Provenance: Ex private collection; acq.: 02-2019

Also, I recently bought a small collection of bronzes from Carthage, before the second punic war. Still need to photograph those as well...

 

Thanks, Justin Lee, I do especially like the reverse "horse head and neck" on this coin, the Carthaginians did perfect the horse portrait.

 

Now that is a cool coin! Not too many jugates (Dioskouri) and not too many multiple horses. Nice find! 2nd Punic War had ended.
I covet.

 

My three arrived today, very happy - much better in the hand as expected and well worth the small outlay. Came with a handwritten note and Roma gift box too which was pretty nice.




That one was the pick of the three.

Wouldn't even know where to begin researching these, but I see a similar example on vcoins with the 3 dots in right field referencing SNG Cop. 111.

 

Very nice coin! I started off using Magna Grecia (http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Punic_map/Zeugitana_map/Zeugitana.html) to explore and start to understand Carthage coinage. It takes some getting used to, but has lots of info, and clicking on the images usually leads you to more info about them and variants. You're appears to be MAA 18, for which they're are many variants (makes up the range of SNG Cop 109, 114, 116-9). Considering I cannot see any pellets on obverse and only the 3 in a triangle on reverse, your's would be MAA 18f.

 

Thanks Justin.

f corresponds to variation 6 in the more info link?

MAA is Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique? Those are photos from an English edition?

Sorry for the barrage of questions, this is all a tad more daunting than OCRE and RIC!