Carthage - Trading Empire

Your Tet is fantastic, and that is a Great 2nd Punic War Shekel...at 16g is that a Dishekel? nice!

 

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@Alegandron, your new shekel/didrachm is fabulous!

I haven't bought any new Punic coins in a long time although there are a few more on the ol' wish list.

Guess I'll show the Peanut Butter Cup 15-shekel for the zillionth time


ZEUGITANA, Carthage
early 2nd century BCE
AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm
Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left
Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei above
Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12



Here's a tiny Punic coin I haven't posted in a long time:


Punic Spain
c. 220-215 BCE
AE 12 mm, 1.9 gm
Obv.: head of Tanit left
Rev.: crested helmet left

And this coin recently posted in the "how low will you stoop" thread


Barcids of Spain, Carthago Nova
237-209 BCE
AR 1/4 shekel
Obv: laureate male head left (Herakles? Hannibal?); club over far shoulder
Rev: Elephant walking right.
Ref: MHC 47; CNH 15; SNG BM Spain 102

 

@Alegandron yes, could be a Dishekel , but Künker calls it a Shekel , the ones I looked at, are simply called AE 30 AE 31 , this one is 32mm and weighs 16 gram.

Heres my Carthago coin cabinet , on top is a Siculo Punic statue replica 1 : 1 Original (400 BC) was found in Elche Spain in 1897, she was a high priestess , her ash was inside the statue ,now commonly known as the Lady of Elche.

 

What a great bust and cabinet! Very nice! I really like that and would have in my home too.

 

LOL, You never get tired of the Reeses!!!

And thank you about my AR Shekel. I love it.