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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3589811, member: 51347&quot;]<b>CARTHAGE</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Wars with Rome:</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>FIRST PUNIC WAR</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]959145[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitania First Punic War 264-241 BCE Double Shekel 26 mm 13.9 g Wreathed Tanit Horse stndng r star above SNG Cop 185 Scarce</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SECOND PUNIC WAR</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]959146[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage mint 2nd Punic War 203-201 BCE BI 1½ Shekels 24mm 9.4 g Wrthd Hd Tanit - Horse stndng R hd L, raised foreleg Pellet SNG COP 394</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>THIRD PUNIC WAR</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]959151[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Third Punic War Serrate Double Shekel 149-146 BCE 12.8g 26mm Wreathd Tanit-Horse pellet raised leg SNG COP 404 </p><p><br /></p><p>comments:&nbsp; </p><p>Scarce. From the last issue of Carthage before its destruction by a vengeful Rome following the Third Punic War (149-146 BC). The serrate edge is found on both electrum and billon coins of the period and is similar to the flan treatments of contemporary Macedonian and Seleukid bronze coins. The reason for this added detail remains a mystery. SCARCE </p><p>Jenkins &amp; Lewis pl. 28, 14; MAA 100b; cf. SNG Copenhagen 403 (pellet below legs)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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