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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Silphium Addict, post: 8321131, member: 116882&quot;]Great topic [USER=110504]@+VGO.DVCKS[/USER] and excellent post [USER=128351]@GinoLR[/USER] </p><p>Very nice coin [USER=99456]@Sulla80[/USER] - please see my earlier post about this coin type: </p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-punic-coin.386965/#post-7916195" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-punic-coin.386965/#post-7916195">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-first-punic-coin.386965/#post-7916195</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Carthage produce several new types during the First Punic War. In general, coins with high gold and silver content were produced in the first decade with more debased coins during the second half. This is from my article that used to be on John Jencek&#039;s site:</p><p>&quot;<i>Carthage began to produce silver coinage based on the shekel (7.6 grams) around the time of the start of the First Punic War.&nbsp; During the second decade of the First Punic War, Carthage reverted to coinage that was more “Carthaginian” in style, probably since Carthage became the primary mint.&nbsp; An electrum tridrachm and a silver trishekel were struck that had the head of Tanit on the obverse and a horse standing with a solar disk above its back.&nbsp;&nbsp; Silver dishekels and shekels had a horse standing with head turned back on the reverse. Another type of dishekel used a reverse with a horse standing with a star above.&nbsp; The silver content of these later coins was debased as the war turned against Carthage.&quot;</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>Here is an early shekel of high silver content:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473965[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage 264-255 BC AR shekel 7.4 gm</p><p>O; head Tanit left</p><p>R: horse standing right with head turned back left, palm tree behind</p><p>SNG Cop 140</p><p><i>Much less common than the subsequent type with a star on the reverse</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Later debased silver coins:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473967[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage 255-241 BC AR trishekel 22.7 gm</p><p>O; head Tanit left</p><p>R: horse standing right, sun disk above</p><p>J&amp;L plate 27,4 </p><p><i>Rare</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1473971[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthage 255-241 BC AR dishekel 15.1 gm</p><p>O; head Tanit left</p><p>R: horse standing right, head turned back</p><p>SNG Cop 186</p><p><i>These were often overstruck during the Libyan Revolt</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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