I picked up an unidentified coin at a recent show. It was described as a drachm or hemidrachm. It is 2.47 grams and 14.7 X 15.9 mm with a 12 die axis. The coin looks like a Brutium Punic 3/8th Shekel. The Shekel is electrum, but my coin looks to be silver and looks to be struck over another coin??? The following assumes the coin is a fraction of a 3/8th of a shekel issued by Carthage and used in Bruttium during the Rome’s 2nd war with Carthage. BRUTTIUM, Carthaginian occupation. Circa 216-211 BC. EL (Silver?) 3/8 Shekel Based on one letter at 12 on obverse, may be struck over another coin??? Obv - Janiform female heads, wearing wreaths of grain Rev - Zeus, holding thunderbolt in right hand, scepter in left, standing in quadriga right, driven by Nike, who holds reins. 2.5 g 14.7 X 15.9 mm 12 h F, light gray / yellow tone, well worn or poorly struck. Rare. References (note I have the first 4 books, I do not see the coin in Crawford) Two links with more info are below. Jenkins & Lewis, Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Group XVI, numbers 487 - 493 (Capua) 1. J&L mention 47 coins tabulated by Bahrfeldt in Die romische Goldmunzpragung. 2. J&L give % gold for one coin = 27% (somewhere I read, but can not find now, that the %gold dropped into the teens late in the war) HN Italy 2013 Grueber, BMCRR – Romano Campanian Coinage, Half Stater, No 145 – 149 Sear Greek Coins, Vol 1 Europe, 287 SNG Copenhagen 357 Robinson, Punic p. 40 (Capua) SNG ANS 146 (Capua) https://bib.irb.hr/datoteka/643560.14_CRAWFORD_The_Tiriolo_hoard.pdf https://livyarrow.org/tag/roman-coins/ the following coin is acsearch https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...s=1&thesaurus=1&order=0¤cy=usd&company=
I cannot add any information to your search, but wouldn't it be nice to own a Carthaginian electrum! I don't have much knowledge of overstrikes, so could you say why you think it is struck over another coin?
The top of the obverse has what could be a letter (bottom half of an E??) or other design. I have been reading about estimating gold with SpGr using two weights, in water and air. I will report my "findings".
Thanks! I did not spot this. But couldn’t it be an old bankers mark as well? (though the bottom of an E is an odd mark to make). I look forward to your “findings”
Gene, I have seen this before, and did not pursue it (unfortunately). Boy, that Hannibal guy was busy trying to knock-off everything Roman and schmooze all their Allies onto his side... including similar coins. It looks like a very much REDUCED version of the Quadrigatus / Heavy Denarius. but roughly the same size as the HALF-Quadrigatus / Quinarius. RR Anon AR Heavy Quinarius, Drachm, Half-Quadrigatus 225-212 BCE 3.1g 18mm Janus Jupiter in Quadriga L Victory ROMA Cr 28-4 S 35 SCARCE RR Anon AR Heavy Quinarius, Half-Quadrigatus ,Drachm 216-214 BCE 3.0g 17mm Janus ROMA Jupiter Victory Quadriga LEFT Cr 29-4 Sear 35 Scarce RR Anon AR Heavy Denarius, Quadrigatus Janus 225-215 BCE 21mm 6.7g Cr 28-3 Sear 31
