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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Consigned Returned 2021| > WR66999
Carthage, Zeugitana, North Africa, c. 400 - 350 B.C.
|Consigned| |Returned| |2021|, |Carthage,| |Zeugitana,| |North| |Africa,| |c.| |400| |-| |350| |B.C.|, By 400 B.C., Carthage was obsessed with taking Sicily. Over the next sixty years, Carthaginian and Greek forces engaged in a constant series of skirmishes. In 398, Dionysius took the Carthaginian stronghold of Motya. Himilco responded by retaking Motya and capturing Messina. Himilco then laid siege to Syracuse itself. He was close to success in 397, but in 396 a plague ravaged the Carthaginian forces and they collapsed. The fighting swung in favor of Carthage in 387. After winning a naval battle off Catania, Himilco laid siege to Syracuse with 50,000 Carthaginians, but yet another epidemic struck down thousands of them. Dionysius' surprise counterattack destroyed all the Carthaginian ships while most of the men were ashore. At the same time, his ground forces stormed the besiegers' lines. Himilco and his chief officers abandoned their army and fled to Carthage in disgrace. He was very badly received and later committed suicide by starving himself. By 340 B.C., Carthage had been pushed entirely into the southwest corner of the island.
WR66999. Bronze AE 14, SNG Cop I 1022 ff., SNG Cop VIII 95 ff., Alexandropoulos MAA 15, F, rough, nice green patina, Sicilian(?) mint, weight 3.525g, maximum diameter 14.1mm, die axis 315o, c. 400 - 350 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left wearing wreath of grain and pendant necklace; reverse unbridled horse galloping right; SOLD










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