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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 25937885, member: 116882&quot;][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] - very nice style Sardina AE. I like the trishekels too.</p><p><br /></p><p>I couldn&#039;t resist getting another Sardinia AE of decent style earlier this year:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650905[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Punic Sardinia 300-264 BC</p><p>AE20 5.58 g, 20 mm, 7h</p><p>O: head Tanit left, wearing grain wreath, triple pendant earring and string necklace</p><p>R: horse head right</p><p><i>CNP</i> 252</p><p>CNG e568, lot 25 08/14/2024</p><p><br /></p><p>In <i>CNP</i>, Viola lists these as 252, while 251 types have Tanit wearing a pendant necklace, instead of a string necklace. Both are listed as being from a Sardinia mint. The denomination is uncertain.</p><p><br /></p><p>In <i>Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins</i>, Jenkins thought the first was from Sardinia and the latter from Sicily. (p. 134)</p><p><br /></p><p>Both types are found in Sicily and Sardinia, but the vast majority found in Sardianian hoards are <i>CNP</i> 252 types. Carthage is very unlikely to be the mint since the dies are not aligned. Difficult to be certain where 251 was minted.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 251 type horse head has a &quot;S-shaped&quot; concave/convex neck truncation while 252 is always concave. In general, the 251 type is often of better style, but specimens like yours are the exception.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an example of the 251 type:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1650910[/ATTACH]</p><p>Punic Sicily? 300-264 BC</p><p>AE20 5.80 g, 20 mm, 6h</p><p>O: head Tanit left, wearing grain wreath, triple pendant earring and pendant necklace</p><p>R: horse head right</p><p><i>CNP</i> 251</p><p>G&amp;M 130,1076 03/08/2004</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] - nice group of Carthaginian AEs, not boring at all!</p><p>My response to “Delenda est Carthago” is “Servanda est Carthago”</p><p>According to Appian, every time Cato finished, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum, son-in-law of Scipio Africanus and the most influential senator, would reply “Servanda est Carthago” (Carthage must be saved)</p><p>&nbsp;Appian, <i>Roman History</i> 19.69</p><p>Of course, history shows that Cato&#039;s statement was correct, so &quot;Carthage must be saved&quot; now would only apply to the archaeologic site, its coins and history.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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