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Carthage - AE Trishekel?c. 201-175 BC
head of Tanit left wearing wreath of grains
horse standing right, lifting front leg
Cf. SNG Copenhagen 409-413
15,4g 27,5mm
ex Naumann
Rare bronze emegency issue replacing silver coinage after the second punic war.J. B.
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Carthage, Second Punic War (220-215 BC)AE Trishekel
29 mm, 18.21 g
Obverse: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring
Reverse: Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left.
MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344.
The Second Punic War formally began when the Carthaginian general Hannibal and his army crossed the Alps in November of 218 BC and descended into Northern Italy. Battles raged on Italian soil for nearly 15 years until Hannibal and what remained of his army sailed for North Africa in the summer or fall of 203 BC. Shown above is a typical example of what would have been a lower-value coin issued by the Carthaginians in the early stages of the war.
Carthage was a Phoenician colony, and as such the Carthaginians were related to the Hebrews and the Canaanites (among others). Culturally they had much in common, including the use of the shekel as the primary unit of money. Likewise, the Carthaginians worshipped a variety of deities from the ancient Middle East. One in particular was the goddess Tanit. A Phoenician (Punic) goddess of war, Tanit was also a virgin mother goddess and a fertility symbol. Nathan P
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Carthage, Tanit, HorseCarthage
Trishekel, circa 201-195 BC
Obv: Head of Tanit left, wearing grain wreath.
Rev.: Horse prancing right; pellet between forelegs.
AE, 19.4g, 29mm
Ref.: MAA A.105c; SNG Copenhagen 409-10 var. (pellet).
Ex Gorny&Mosch, 2017, A251, 4583
Ex Numismatik Naumann, auction 66, lot 237shanxi
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Carthage, Zeugitania, North Africa, 201 - 175 B.C.Bronze trishekel, SNG Cop 409 ff. (various symbols), Fair, 11.078g, 26.8mm, 0o, Carthage mint, 201 - 175 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left, wreathed in grain; reverse horse striding right, Punic letter below; scarceMagisterRiggs
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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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