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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2253187, member: 56859&quot;]Perhaps the Carthaginian alloys and denominations didn&#039;t match with the Republic&#039;s coins, necessitating melting rather than overstriking.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edited:&nbsp; here&#039;s a currently for-sale <a href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/forum_ancient_coins/62/product/forvm_roman_republic_sardinia_sextans_2nd_punic_war_overstruck_on_carthaginian/611718/Default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/forum_ancient_coins/62/product/forvm_roman_republic_sardinia_sextans_2nd_punic_war_overstruck_on_carthaginian/611718/Default.aspx" rel="nofollow">Roman Republic sextans which was overstruck, possibly on a coin of Carthage</a>, with further explanation of the recycling situation:&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://dfpfmltq984k.cloudfront.net/product_image/62/A/5/aG5RAQs94qDLeY2Z3gdPDq8bx6Tr7A.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&quot;FORVM ROMAN REPUBLIC SARDINIA SEXTANS 2ND PUNIC WAR OVERSTRUCK ON CARTHAGINIAN</p><p>Roman Republic, Second Punic War Vanquished Enemy Overstrike, 211 - 204 B.C.</p><p><br /></p><p>RR72285. Copper Sextans, cf. McCabe Anonymous group H1.Sx; Crawford 63, 64 and 65 (MA, AVR and C issues), F, probably overstruck on a Carthaginian bronze, 1.684g, 15.4mm, 180o, Sardinia mint, head of Mercury right in winged petasus, two pellets above; reverse prow of galley right, ROMA above</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is from Andrew McCabe&#039;s group H1, a previously unrecognized late Second Punic War issue, overstruck on the coins of Rome&#039;s vanquished enemies, from a mint or mints in Southern Italy, Sicily or Sardinia (this coin was struck on Sardinia). The most common undertype is Carthaginian Tanit / horse types, but coins of Capua, the Bretti, Syracuse and other coins of the vanquished were also overstruck. For reasons unknown, these coins were overstruck on types that weighed half the standard for the same denomination at Rome. In the past these coins were often assumed, based on their weight, to date to the late second century or first century B.C.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>...</p><p><br /></p><p>Note:&nbsp; Forvm has a Vcoins store in which they list the same coins which are for sale on their website.&nbsp; The price for any given coin is less if you buy it from the Forvm website... in case anyone was unaware.&nbsp; It&#039;s much easier to browse the Vcoins site, but cheaper to buy it directly from Forvm.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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