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Carthage, Zeugitana, North Africa, Second Punic War, c. 215 - 205 B.C.
| The Second Punic War, 218 - 201 B.C., is most remembered for Hannibal's crossing of the Alps, followed by his crushing victories over Rome in the battle of the Trebia, at Trasimene, and again at Cannae. After these defeats, many Roman allies joined Carthage, prolonging the war in Italy for over a decade. Against Hannibal's skill on the battlefield, the Romans deployed the Fabian strategy. More capable in siegecraft, the Romans recaptured all the major cities that had defected. The Romans defeated an attempt to reinforce Hannibal at the battle of the Metaurus and, in Iberia, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major took New Carthage and ended Carthaginian rule over Iberia in the Battle of Ilipa. The final showdown was the Battle of Zama in Africa where Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal, resulting in the imposition of harsh peace conditions on Carthage, which ceased to be a major power and became a Roman client-state. |  |
SH67740. Billon tridrachm, Coin Hoards IX, group 3, 51 - 76; Alexandropoulos 44a; Müller Afrique 104; SNG Cop 190 var. (no pellet); SRCV II 6494 var. (same), aVF, minor flan flaw on reverse (circle on horse), Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia) mint, weight 10.884g, maximum diameter 27.2mm, die axis 0o, c. 215 - 205 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left, wearing barley wreath, pellet on leaf, triple-pendant earring, and necklace with many pendants; reverse unbridled horse standing right, palm tree in background, pellet below horse's belly forward of the palm trunk; scarce; SOLD
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