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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 8455884, member: 116882&quot;][USER=74282]@red_spork[/USER] Excellent historic overstrike!</p><p><br /></p><p>There ae a lot of Carthage AEs with head Tanit left / horse standing right! But it is possible to narrow it down a little more: 2nd Punic War issue, size 27 mm, weight 11.5 gm.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at RRC 56/3, it has linear borders, so the beaded borders on both sides must be the undertype. It may be my imagination, but the horse head is turned back to the left. No obvious pellets or Punic letters. </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=119259]@ArtDeco[/USER] has the size and dates right with the AE trishekels, SNG Cop 340-345, but they tend to be heavier at 16-20 gms, have linear borders, and there should be a palm tree with the trunk between the legs. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think the AE dishekel, SNG Cop 345-348, would be the most likely candidate to be the undertype for your coin. 2nd Punic War dates, horse head turned back to the left, some have beaded borders, right weight range, 11-13 gm, a little smaller diameter at 23-25 mm, but maybe the flan got a few mm larger when overstruck. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Here is my example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1498496[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthage AE dishekel , 10.88 gm, 23 mm</p><p>O: head of Tanit left wearing grain wreath, single pendant earring, and bead necklace; linear circle border</p><p>R: horse standing right, head turned back left; pellet below, Punic “B” right; beaded circle border</p><p><i>cf. </i>SNG Cop 345-348</p><p><br /></p><p>Check acsearch with &quot;Carth* Tanit horse 345&quot; for other examples.</p><p><br /></p><p>For references:</p><p><i>SNG Cop</i> North Africa vol 42 is still considered the standard for Carthaginian AEs. </p><p>Alexanderopoulos J&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Les Monnaies de l’Afrique Antique 400 av. J.-C.- 40 ap. J.-C</i>.&nbsp; Toulouse, 2000 has more varieties, but less images.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visona P “Carthaginian Coinage in Perspective.&quot;&nbsp; <i>Am J Numismatics</i> 10:1-27, 1998 is a good overview article.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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