Coins of Carthage!

Post your coins of my Favorite City of the Ancients...

Carthage!

Any Ancient Carthaginian Coins, be they Punic, Roman (Carthage Mint only) or Vandal (Carthage Mint only), can be posted here!

This means that this thread includes Punic-Sicily, Punic-Spain and Punic-Iberia!

This thread also includes Roman coins dated to the Punic Wars and Roman coins celebrating the Punic Wars!

Can't wait to see your coins from my Favorite City and it's Hegemony, along with those relating to it!

 

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Siculo-Punic Mint
370-325BC
Wreathed head of Tanit left
Horse galloping right
17mm, 5.5 grams
gVF
Sassari 56-136, Holleman Munten List 106
Beautiful Green Patina


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One of the best of this type... period!

 

So where's the elephants? Hannibal used them on a back door maneuver to invade Rome.......

 

Little out of budget (and by a little I mean really out of budget!)


My next picture post on this thread will (hopefully) be a Roman Coin stuck when Hannibal was in Italy!

 

Looking forward.......

 

I only own a few from Carthage. The first is one of my pride and joy coins

Julius Caesar AR Denarius
OBV: Diademed head of Venus right
REV: CAESAR - Aeneas advancing left, carrying Anchises and palladium
Struck at Carthage, 47-46 BC
4.0g, 17mm
CRI 55

 

This one I posted a few days ago.

Constantius I AE Follis
OBV: CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head right (large head type)
REV: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL KART, Carthago standing facing, head left, in long robe, holding fruits in both hands. Mintmark Gamma
Struck at Carthage, 298-299 AD
7.41g, 28mm
RIC VI 32a

 

My only other coin from Carthage is another Constantius I

Constantius I AE fraction
OBV: FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right
REV: VOT X FK within wreath
Struck at Carthage, 303 AD
2.3g, 20mm
RIC VI 35a

 

Ummm, maybe I do actually have coins from Carthage?

=> after seeing Bing's, I'll have to pour-through and see if I discover any from the Carthage mint ... stay tuned

Man WW, you really love that Tanit coin, eh? (me too!!)

:cheers:

 

You've got one more that counts!

 

Wow... maybe a little too much to Drink tonight Steve..

Windchild is WC... not WW!

I do really love that Coin at the top... I have coins worth 16x as much (Baby Gift), but I would rather have this one

 

Which one are you think about. Not the one I just posted with Scipio Africanus?

 

Yep...

The Punic Wars are celebrated on the coin... so it counts

 

"WC" => Why would tonight be any different than any other night?

 

CN. BLASIO C. F. ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius
GENS CORNELIA
OBV: Helmeted head of Scipio Africanus the Elder right., CN. BLASIO CN.F. before, palm behind
REV: Juno, Jupiter being crowned by Minerva; monogram in field, ROMA in ex.
Struck at Rome, 112-111 BC
3.8g, 18mm
Crawford 296/1

 

*night*

 

Darn Canadian Wifi... disconnected me

You have a good point there Steve...

Gnight Steve!

 

Carthage- N.Africa, Sicily, Sardinia and Iberia

Dominion of Carthage
North Africa, Zeugitana, Carthage
AE Unit 16mm x 2.29g
c. 250-200 BC
OBV. Pegasus Flying Left
REV. Palm Tree with 2 Dates
ref. rGCV 6530





Rare Billon Tridrachm of Hannibal Second Punic War
North Africa, Zeugitana, Carthage
Hannibal Barca s. 210-205 BC
Billon Tri-drachm 25.6mm x 10.54g
Obverse: Bust of Tanit Left.
Reverse: Horse Standing right, Palm tree behind.
ref. Lorber-168
"Coin Hoards Vol. IX
2002 Punic "Horse & Palm" Billon Tridrachms" by C. Lorber



North Africa, Zeugitana, Carthage
201-195/146 BC
(Third Punic War) - 3 Shekel Piece
27.5mm x 17.78g
Obverse: Head of Tanit (smoking a cigar)
Reverse: Horse Prancing Right.
ref: Cf MAA 105



Dominion of Carthage
AE Unit 16.4mm @ 5.32g
Unknown Sicilian Mint
Obverse: Palms tree with two dates.
Reverse: Horse Head right,
ref: Lindgren 626 / SNGCop 104 variant.




Carthaginian Traveling Mint, Iberia, Carthago Nova
c. 220-210 BC. AE Unit 13.4mm 1.59g
Obverse: Bust of Tanit Left
Reverse: Carthaginian Helmet
refAlvarez Burgos (1992), 86, 403-4 ; Villaronga (NAH, Numismática Antigua de Hispania) p. 69, nº 43 (pl. II, XXI / XXII) ; Lindgren I, 2)

 

Various Sizes of Carthage Coins

Check some out together...for size comparison...Carthage minted many coins in many different sizes and denominations the relationship between devices and size has yet to be fully understood. The value of the coins and the Phoenician monetary system are still a mystery.

 

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