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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 7939777, member: 116882&quot;]I think you got an interesting Carthaginian coin to add to your collection for a very reasonable price.</p><p><br /></p><p>These large AE were struck in Sardinia during the First Punic War 264-241 BC. Many were subsequently overstruck. The denomination is uncertain but are sometimes referred to as dishekels because of the weight. They are classified by ancillary symbols.</p><p>On the reverse, yours appears to have the Punic letter &quot;Ayin&quot; in the lower right field. The attribution below is for the variety with only the letter &quot;Ayin.&quot;</p><p>One of the most most common attributions for the type is SNG Cop 192-201 because SNG Cop has a large number of Carthaginian AEs, but yours is not one of the SNG Cop varieties. More specifically, it appears to be Muller 289, Alexandropoulos 58p, CNP 248aw and Piras 113.</p><p><b>SNG Cop</b> = Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Denmark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, Danish National Museum Vol 8: Egypt, North Africa, Spain - Gaul (Parts 40 - 43), 1994</p><p><b>Muller</b> L, Falbe CT, Lindberg JC&nbsp; <i>Numismatique</i> <i>de l’Ancienne</i> <i>Afrique</i>. (Reprint) Chicago, 1977.</p><p><b>Alexanderopoulos</b> J&nbsp;&nbsp; <i>Les Monnaies de l’Afrique</i> <i>Antique</i> 400 av. J.-C.- 40 ap. J.-C.&nbsp; Toulouse, 2000.</p><p><b>CNP</b> = Viola M <i>Corpus Nummorum Punicorum</i>, Rome 2010</p><p><b>Piras</b> E <i>Le Monete</i> <i>Sardo</i>-<i>Puniche</i>, Torino 1993</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a few of the type, but here is my favorite:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374014[/ATTACH]</p><p>15.97 gm, 29 mm</p><p>O: head Tanit left</p><p>R: horse head right;&nbsp; caduceus lower right</p><p>SNG Cop 197; Muller 296; Alexandropoulos 58d; CNP 248m; Piras 81</p><p>ex-Freedman, Triton V:582 01/15/2002[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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