Carthage and the Second Punic War
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Punic Spain, Carthago Nova, Second Punic War, struck ca. 209 BC, Æ25 Bare male head left (Scipio Africanus?).
Horse standing right, palm tree behind.
Burgos 425; Villaronga CHN Class XI, 282; SNG BM Spain 127-128; Robinson 7(p); Muller III, 13, 4; Sear GCV 6575.
(25 mm, 11.6 g, 12h).
Freeman & Sear.
The coins of Robinson’s Series 7 are of two styles, one Punic in character, the other more Roman in character. Robinson suggested that the latter represents the coinage of Carthago Nova after its capture by Scipio in 209 BC, and that the head on the obverse is a portrait of Scipio himself, while the heads of Punic type basically reflect the features of Hannibal. Villaronga simply calls both male heads. n.igma
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Sicily, Akragas, Punic Occupation, 213-211 BC, AR (or EL?) 1/4 Shekel Head of Triptolemos right, wearing barley wreath.
Horse galloping right, Punic letters H and T below.
Walker p. 284-7 (dies unlisted); Burnett 148-149 (same rev. die); Visona 56; SNG Copenhagen 379-380; Sear 6603 ( Hiempsal II, Numidian Kingdom).
(15 mm, 1.71 g, 10h).
Classical Numismatic Group.
This coin type is unrecorded in electrum although this appears to be the metal of the flan, imparting a light golden hue to the coin suggesting around 15% gold content. If so this is the only known example of this coin type struck on electrum.n.igma
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Zeugitana, Carthage, c. 241-221 BC, AE 28 Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of ears of wheat, triple pendant earring and necklace.
Horse standing right, eight rayed star above, Punic letter alef in right field.
Viola, Corpus Numorum Punicorum (2010) CNP-53; Visona (AJN 10) 31 var. (billon double shekel).
(28 mm, 22.67 g, 12h).
Harlan J Berk 190, 29 May 2014, 247.
This rare type was issued between the First and Second Punic Wars. The iconography is almost identical to silver trishekel issues of SNG Copenhagen 185 usually attributed to the period 264-241 BC and associated with the First Punic War. This bronze type was produced in the aftermath of the First Punic War when the Carthaginian treasury was under pressure of war reparations to Rome. The type is unlisted in most catalogues and appears to have been unknown until recently.
This coin came via HJB auction in 2014 with four others of similar type, accompanied by the appearance of several other in commerce around the same time, all bearing the the same distinctive dusty green patina. This co-incident appearance of a rare type bearing a common patina is suggestive of a recently discovered hoard. Before this appearance, the type was not seen in commerce for the preceeding ten years and appears to have been almost unknown so that the 2010 Viola CNP attribution is the only specific reference to the type.
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Zeugitana, Carthage, ca. 230-220 BC, AE 25Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of ears of wheat, single drop pendant earring and necklace.
Horse standing right, radiate sun-disk flanked by uraei above, Punic letter ayin in right field.
Viola, Corpus Numorum Punicorum (2010) 46d; Visona (AJN 10) 37; SNG Copenhagen 260.
(25 mm, 12.87 g, 12h).
Harlan J Berk 193, 30 April 2015, 380. n.igma
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Zeugitana, Carthage, Second Punic War, struck ca. 210-205 BC, BI TridrachmHead of Tanit left, wreathed with corn, wearing single drop pendant ear-ring.
Horse standing right, palm tree behind.
Lorber Group 3, 88 (this coin); MAA 44; SNG Copenhagen 190.
Thick hoard patina intact.
(26 mm, 10.68 g, 12h).
J Jencek Ancient Coins & Antiquities, August 2006; ex- Harlan J. Berk; ex- Commerce 1995 Hoard.n.igma
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Zeugitana, Carthage, Second Punic War, struck ca. 210-205 BC, BI TridrachmHead of Tanit left, wreathed with corn, wearing necklace and triple drop pendant ear-ring.
Horse standing right, palm tree behind.
Lorber Group 4, 132 (same dies); MAA 44; SNG Copenhagen 190.
(25 mm, 9.78 g, 12h).
Harlan J Berk Limited Buy or Bid Sale 150, 127; ex- Commerce 1995 Hoard.n.igma
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Zeugitana, Carthage, Second Punic War,struck ca. 215-210 BC, BI Tridrachm Youthful head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn, wearing single drop pendant earring.
Horse standing right, palm tree behind.
Lorber Group 2, 23 (this coin); MAA 79; SNG Copenhagen 351.
(25 mm, 11.93 g, 12h).
Harlan J Berk, August 2006; ex- Commerce 1995 Hoard.n.igma
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