Coins of Carthage!

*whateva*

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It was a brilliant tactic, but can you imagine the logistics of moving those beasts all through Iberia, then Gaul and onto the Italian peninsula?

 

Here is my only Carthage coin. I love it and had to have it when the price was low.



Obverse: NO LEGEND: Wreathed head of Tanit left.
Reverse: NO LEGEND: Horse's head right.
Mint: Zeugitana, Carthage Minted: 300-260 BC
Dia: 20 mm Wt: 5.5gm Orient: unaligned
Ref: SNGCop 169

 

Here's my one Carthage coin. So far

Zeugitana, Carthage
15 Shekel
AE44, 94.32g
c.early 2nd Century BC
Obverse: head of Tanit
Reverse: horse standing right, left foreleg up; uraeus above

 

Yea TIF- first one but its like 30-40 coins smooshed into one monster...

 

Nice coin TIF and if Anoob likes it, it must be a total winner.

 

Yep, knowing that Anoob approves makes it even better. Apparently I was pretty lucky to have found one.

That was a really good batch of uncleaned coins! (j/k)

 

Awesome Coin!



Carthago pacem voluit, qui bellum?

 

Great coin, TIF!! (wow, you're blastin' onto the scene with a bang, eh?)

=> please keep 'em coming (we absolutely love seeing other people's schtuff!!)

 

Many unfortunate Carthaginian beggars met their ends when asking for spare change and had something like this thrown at them...

 

Ouch!

 

Huh? ... somehow I must have missed an opportunity to post my Carthage coin?!! (that's very unlike me, eh?)

... I bought it several months ago, but then tucked it away inside one of my albums ... but after seeing this great ol' thread rejuvenated, I thought I'd take it out, let it stretch its legs and then give it a wee bit o' exercise!!

CARTHAGE Æ20
Circa 300-264 BC
Diameter: 20 mm
Weight: 4.79 grams
Obverse: Wreathed head of Tanit left
Reverse: Horse’s head right; palm tree before, pellet below
Reference: MAA 57m; SNG Copenhagen 175
Other: 7h … VF, brown patina with some light earthen deposits

 

Oh you guys wait, just wait,I am waiting for my Carthage hum dinger to arrive . Yea that right I went there! You know if its Carthage and its better that my other Carthage pieces you know its gonna be something!!! Yea Boyz!

 

I just received that 15 shekel yesterday and had to post a few more pics It's beeeyouteeeful! And per http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Punic_map/Zeugitana_map/Zeugitana.html , only 4 specimens known to them. Not sure if this is one of the four.

 

TIF => nice

The side-shot makes it look like a nice, big pie ... or kinda like a Reeses's peanut butter cup?!! (very cool)

 

YES! Looks just like that.

Reese's PBCs are my favorite. No wonder I wanted this coin

 

Tanit and her horsey -

 

...I wanna bite...

 

Now how did my new SILVER Shekel get in there?


An ancient Carthaginian silver shekel coin. Struck circa 264 - 241 B.C. at the Zeugitana mint.
The obverse with the head of Tanit facing left.
The reverse with horse standing right, head turned left, palm tree behind.
Diameter: 21 mm.
Weight: 6.90 g.
Provenance:
Ex. Collection of Professor J.E.Seaver. Professor Seaver taught ancient history at the University of Kansas and was a keen opera lover, hosting his own radio show on the subject for nearly 60 years. He was a passionate collector of ancient coins and often used them to aid his teaching.


This is one of those coins I never thought I could find in low enough condition to afford. In the wake of the TIF monster, I revitalized the hunt and so the horse finally reared its head, only to make me feel better about not owning the monster bronze. With a price I could afford, and 8 people watching it, this bad boy was not going to slip through my fingers. Who knows I might not see another affordable one for another 15 years.

 

I recently read an article in NC Volume 150: "The Early Nineteenth-Century Jackson Collection of Coins from Carthage" by Bateson/Campbell/Visona.

It's a collection that was exhibited in 1843 and subsequently lost to the public, until it was rediscovered in 1986, in the strongroom of the law firm that acts for Glasgow University.

Worth a read.