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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3031815, member: 51347&quot;]This came in postage today, and frankly I am pleasantly surprised that it is much better in-hand than the pics show!&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Carthage was losing the 2nd Punic War by the time this coin was minted.&nbsp; Hannibal had been recalled to Carthage Mainland as the Romans were taking the war TO Carthage after 15 years of Hannibal wreaking havoc in Italia.&nbsp; In 203 BCE Hannibal was back in Africa, and in 202 BCE The Battle of Zama between the 2 key Generals in the War:&nbsp; Publius Cornelius Scipio (BEFORE he was Africanus!) for Roma and Hannibal Barca for Carthage.&nbsp; This coin was minted in Carthage during this time period.&nbsp; Perhaps this was pay and helped the Carthage Armies during the Battle of Zama...&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This was the battle where Hannibal unleashed his War Elephants and Scipio unleashed his loud horns and used battle tactics of having the Cohorts create open lanes between them to render the Elephants ineffective.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this cool coin probably financed the Battle and/or was pay to a Cartheginan soldier!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]755550[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage, Zeugitania</p><p>Carthage mint </p><p>2nd Punic War 203-201 BCE </p><p>BI 1½ Shekels 24mm 9.4 g </p><p>Wreathed Head of Tanit, Corn interlaced in her hair</p><p>Horse standing right head poised left, raised foreleg, Pellet below</p><p>I reattributed from SNG Cop 391 to SNG COP 394</p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]755551[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]755552[/ATTACH]</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zama" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zama" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Zama</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Wikipedia</p><p>[ATTACH=full]755545[/ATTACH]</p><p><b><i>Second Punic War Major States in the Med...</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b><font size="7"><span style="color: #b30000"><i>POST ANY COOL COINS !!!</i></span></font></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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