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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2540824, member: 51347&quot;]I haven&#039;t posted a Thread for a while, so I thought that I would flush out some Carthage Coins from everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Carthage was a Trading Empire from the North of Africa.&nbsp; They used mercenary soldiers (Outsourced Labor), and had a trading empire spanning from Africa Sicily Sardinia to Spain around the Med.&nbsp; They were founded in 814 BCE, were a Monarchy until 308 BCE, and the Romans made them extinct 146 BCE after 3 Punic Wars.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t see many posts about Carthage...</p><p><br /></p><p>Please post your cool Carthage Coins!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544495[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthage Zeugitana</p><p>AR Shekel / Didrachm</p><p>300-264 BCE, 7.42g, 21.0mm</p><p>Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain, earrings and necklace; dotted border</p><p>Rev: Horse standing right on exergual line with head turned left, palm tree in background, star in right field</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544494[/ATTACH] </p><p>Zeugitana, Carthage</p><p>AR 2/3 Shekel</p><p>18.4mm, 4.4g</p><p>Obv: Tanit l, wreath, earring</p><p>Rev: Horse standing r, head l</p><p>Ref: Sear Greek Vol 2 6491; SNG COP 143 var R</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]544496[/ATTACH]</p><p>Bruttium Carthage occupation - HANNIBAL </p><p>AR Half-Shekel 216-211 BCE</p><p>Obv: Tanit </p><p>Rev: Horse SOLAR-O </p><p>Ref: HN Italy 2016 SNG Cop 361-3[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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