My Favorite Coin -> Carthage AE17!

My Favorite Coin...
A Beautiful Carthage AE17!



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Carthage
Siculo-Punic Mint
370-325BC
Wreathed head of Tanit left
Horse galloping right
17mm, 5.5 grams
gVF
Sassari 56-136, Holleman Munten List 106
Beautiful Green Patina
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One of the best of this type... period!

 

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BTW, beautiful coin.

 

Thanks and Thanks

I came, I saw, I conquered (and bought a Great Coins )

 

I see you saw my saying. Not very original, but a great quote, eh?

 

One of my favorites!

well... my second most favorite!

Carthago delenda est being my favorite...
Cato was quite something!

 

Ceterum censeo Carthaginem delendam esse

 

I figured I could add to this discussion...


Denarius Commemorating the Defeat of the Carthaginians
Cn. Blasio. Cn.f.
112-111 BC. AR Denarius 3.58 g. 19.8mm
Obverse: Helmeted head of Scipio Africanus right
Reverse:Jupiter standing between Juno and Minerva; Q in right field.
ref:Crawford 296/1c; Sydenham 561b; Cornelia 19.


And one of my favorite coins....

 

Urm... not the best Latin there...

Cathaginem and delendam aren't latin words according to the Uni of Notre Dame

 

I can tell why..

Great Coin with a Fantastic Story!

 

Picky picky.

Here's mine. Not as nice as Anoob's, but it's my precious.

 

I want one!


BTW, who knows a bit about 250-200 BC Roman Republican bronzes... I'm kinda lost on this one coin I'm bidding on (It's a great coin... great foil for a Carthage Bronze!

 

Another excellent Carthago coin. I have one that has a large horse head on the reverse.

 

Well...

We Want Picts!

I'm making a Post your Carthaginian coins after I finish recording a tuba trio by myself... I love my intrument!

:just-sign:

 

and us nerds inherit the earth....

 

I think The Celator ran an article on coins of Scipio a few years back. I'll have to find the article to be sure but weren't they conjectured? I guess it's like Spanish coins said to depict Hannibal. Don you have any more info on your above piece? People are generally interested in Scipio. Any info on the price also?

 

Yep...

In my defense, I was doing homework...

I just love ancient history

 

That's a great coin of Carthage, Wildwinds! I guess I can contribute a similar coin that was minted in the same century by neighbors to the East. Phillip II of Macedon, 382–336 BC, the father of Alexander the Great.

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Wildwinds?

I bought a pair of coins along with this one a little bit ago... the theme was Rome's Greatest Enemies... Itself, Carthage and Alexander the Great of Macedon

Now, I'm looking at a nice Roman Republican, Second Punic War time period, when Hannibal was in Italy itself!

 

Sorry. I keep mixing up your name with the site. Why couldn't you just be, like...Bob or something?