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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2523852, member: 51347&quot;]Congrats on your 1000th yak!&nbsp; I always enjoy your comments and postings.</p><p><br /></p><p>My newest capture from yesterday:</p><p><br /></p><p>I had not Carthage Dishekels</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]538500[/ATTACH]</p><p>Zeugitania, Carthage.</p><p>After 241 B.C. Æ dishekel (27 mm, 10.81 g, 12 h).</p><p>Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left</p><p>Rev: Horse standing right; in background, palm tree.</p><p>Ref: MAA 45; SNG Copenhagen 253.</p><p>Comments: Scarce issue. Dark brown-green patina with scattered deposits. Good fine.</p><p>This coinage appears to have been struck in the aftermath of the First Punic War (264-241 B.C.), when Carthage faced a serious revolt of its mercenary forces. This conflict, known as the Truceless War (240-238 B.C.), resulted in the rise of Hamilcar Barca to prominence and provided a Roman for intervening in Sardinia. Hamilcar&#039;s son, Hannibal, would later raise the banner of war and come close to destroying Rome in the Second Punic War (218-201 B.C.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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