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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |North Africa| > |Carthage| > GB76848
Carthage, Zeugitana, North Africa, c. 241 - 221 B.C.
|Carthage|, |Carthage,| |Zeugitana,| |North| |Africa,| |c.| |241| |-| |221| |B.C.|, Carthage, a Phoenician city-state on the Gulf of Tunis in North Africa, was once a major hub of trade and dominated the western Mediterranean. Conflict with the Sicilian Greeks and the Roman Republic led to recurring war. In 146 B.C., after the third and final Punic War, Carthage was destroyed and occupied by Rome.
GB76848. Bronze shekel, Apparently unpublished control variant; Viola CNP 224, Müller Afrique 175, SNG Ashmolean 269, Alexandropoulos 63 (only ayin, bet & het listed), aVF, green patina, scratches, potentially active corrosion (appears stabilized), Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia) mint, weight 4.303g, maximum diameter 19.4mm, die axis 90o, c. 310 - 290 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit-Kore left wearing wreath of grain, wearing earring with one pendant, and pendant necklace, dot border; reverse horse standing right with all four hooves on exergue line, long caduceus on far side of horse at center, Punic control letter alef right, dot border; SOLD











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