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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 7941148, member: 116882&quot;][USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] Very nice Punic AE. However, I think the attribution is different.</p><p>SNG 225 is a similar coin, but smaller and no symbols. Here is mine:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374551[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE 2.21 gm, 14 mm</p><p>O: head Tanit left</p><p>R: horse head right</p><p>SNG Cop 225</p><p><br /></p><p>Yours is SNG Cop 145-146 (six-ray star)</p><p>Also, CNP 251f and Alexandropolous 57b</p><p>Most references date the coin to 300-264 BC and Sardinia mint. However, Visona thought the nicer style like yours was from a mint in Sicily during the same period and cruder types from Sardinia. He based his conclusion on:</p><p>Find locations - Sardinia vs Sicily</p><p>Ancillary symbols - similar</p><p>Tanit neck truncation - concave vs convex</p><p>Necklace - string vs pendant</p><p>Style - cruder vs better</p><p>Visona P&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Carthaginian Coinage in Perspective&quot;&nbsp; <i>AJN</i> 10:1-27, 1998</p><p><br /></p><p>For comparison, here is one of my more &quot;Sardinian” examples:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1374570[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE 4.7 gm, 20 mm</p><p>O: head Tanit left</p><p>R: horse head right;&nbsp; palm tree to right; pellet below ear; pellet below neck</p><p>SNG Cop -; Piras 23</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, [USER=105282]@Harry G[/USER] I think the symbol in the reverse lower right field of your coin may actually be a caduceus based on the style of the heads. You may want to check[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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