AE16¹, zecca siculo-punica, 400 - 350 a. C., BMC II 1 (pag. 255), SNG Copenhagen 97

Descrizione sommaria:
D. Tanit, testa coronata di spighe a sinistra.²
R. Cavallo impennato a destra³. Linea d'esergo, non visibile nella foto oppure assente.

La ricerca nel web di monete di tipologia simile a quella di figura ha prodotto i seguenti risultati:

1. http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Punic_map/Zeugitana_map/descrPunSas_056-136.html Siculo-Punic coin, 370/60-340/25 BC. Obv. head of Trittolemo? Rev. horse prancing or galloping. 4.55 g  Holleman  106 30.
2. http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Punic_map/Zeugitana_map/descrPunSas_056-136c.html Siculo-Punic coin, 370/60-340/25 BC. Obv. head of Trittolemo? Rev. horse prancing or galloping 7.43g Holleman 1996 h.
3. Ebay Bronze 13mm (4.89 grams) Struck 400-350 B.C. Reference: Alexandropoulos 15a; SNG Copenhagen 97; Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn. Horse galloping right; ground line beneath. Carthage in Zeugitana 400BC Tanit Cult Head of Tanit left, wreathed with corn. Horse galloping right; ground line beneath. Tanit was a Phoenician lunar goddess, worshiped as the patron goddess at Carthage where from the fifth century BCE onwards her name is associated with that of Baal Hammon and she is given the epithet pene baal ("face of Baal") and the title rabat, the female form of rab (chief) (Markoe 2000:130). Tanit and Baal Hammon were worshiped in Punic contexts in the Western Mediterranean, from Malta to Gades into Hellenistic times. In North Africa, where the inscriptions and material remains are more plentiful, she was, as well as a consort of Baal, a heavenly goddess of war, a virginal mother goddess and nurse, and, less specifically, a symbol of fertility. Several of the major Greek goddesses were identified with Tanit by the syncretic interpretatio graeca, which recognized as Greek deities in foreign guise the gods of most of the surrounding non-Hellene cultures. Her shrine excavated at Sarepta in southern Phoenicia revealed an inscription that identified her for the first time in her homeland and related her securely to the Phoenician goddess Astarte (Ishtar). One site where Tanit was uncovered is at Kerkouan, in the Cap Bon peninsula in Tunisia. The origins of Tanit are to be found in the pantheon of Ugarit, especially in the Ugaritic goddess Anat (Hvidberg-Hansen 1982), a consumer of blood and flesh. There is significant, albeit disputed, evidence, both archaeological and within ancient written sources (Markoe 2000:136), pointing towards child sacrifice forming part of the worship of Tanit and Baal Hammon. Tanit was also a goddess among the ancient Berber people. Her symbol, found on many ancient stone carvings, appears as a trapezoid/trapezium closed by a horizontal line at the top and surmounted in the middle by a circle: the horizontal arm was often terminated either by two short upright lines at right angles to it or by hooks. Later, the trapezoid/trapezium was frequently replaced by an isosceles triangle.The symbol is interpreted by Hvidberg-Hansen as a woman raising her hands. In Egyptian, her name means Land of Neith, Neith being a war goddess. In modern times the name, with the spelling "Tanith", has been used as a female given name, both for real people and, more frequently, in occult fiction.
4. http://munzeo.com/coin/agm-siculo-punic-carthage-ae16-20820090 °AGM° Siculo-Punic Carthage AE16 - Tanit/Prancing Horse Winning price 32.5US Number of bids 21, Ireland 23 Sep 2012 Price in Euro €25.05. Zeugitana, Carthage, Siculo-Punic Mint Cast Flan AE16 7.62 ca 306 BC. O: Hd Tanit wreathed with corn l. R: Horse prancing r. SG - , SNG Cop 95. Extremely thick (6mm) flan! Nearly twice the weight of the usual issues.
5. http://romanumismatics.com/auction/lot/0030/ Description: North Africa, Carthage Æ15. Circa 400-350 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse prancing right on ground line. SNG Copenhagen 97. 6.84g, 15mm, 6h. About Near Extremely Fine. Ex Naville Numismatics Auction 8, 6 July 2014, lot 27. Lot 30: North Africa, Carthage Æ15. Estimate: £50.00 Currently: £65.00 High Bidder: FirenzeRoma Bids: 4 Ending: 02/07/2016.
   
6. http://www.deamoneta.com/auctions/view/352/27 Monete 27. Carthaginian Domain, Sicily, c. 370-340 BC. Æ (15mm, 5.52g, 7h). Head of Tanit l. R/ Horse prancing r. CNS III 3. Green patina, near VF. Base d'asta: £35 Offerte asta: -. Invenduto.
   
7. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2008332 Numismatik Naumann (formerly Gitbud & Naumann) http://www.numismatik-naumann.de/ Auction 18 362 1. June 2014  Description: ZEUGITANIA. Carthage. Ae (Circa 400-350 BC). Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left. Rev: Prancing horse right. SNG Copenhagen 97. Condition: Very fine. Weight: 6.30g. Diameter: 16mm.
8. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2402610 London Ancient Coins Ltd http://www.lacoins.co.uk/ Auction 42 21 1. April 2015 Description: Carthaginian Domain, Sicily, c. 370-340 BC. Æ (17mm, 5.40g, 1h). Head of Tanit l. R/ Horse prancing r. CNS III 3. Green patina, VF.
9. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2431807 London Ancient Coins Ltd http://www.lacoins.co.uk/ Auction R 16 25. April 2015 Description: Carthaginian Domain, Sicily, c. 370-340 BC. Æ (15mm, 4.55g, 3h). Head of Tanit l. R/ Horse prancing r. CNS III 3. Brown patina, Good VF.
10. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2558352 London Ancient Coins Ltd http://www.lacoins.co.uk/ Auction S 13 (« | ») 3. July 2015 Description: Carthaginian Domain, Sicily, c. 370-340 BC. Æ (14mm, 7.29g, 10h). Head of Tanit l. R/ Horse prancing r. CNS III 3. Green patina, Good Fine - near VF.
11. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2570247 Agora Auctions http://agoraauctions.com/ Sale 36 96 (« | ») 14. July 2015 Description: ZEUGITANIA, Carthage. IV Century BC. AE13 (5.24 gm). Head of Tanit / Horse prancing. SNG.Cop.98. aVF, dark brown patina, some porosity.

Concludo osservando che, per quanto consentito da una valutazione a distanza, la moneta appare autentica. Il tipo è piuttosto comune, ragione per cui il valore venale della moneta, nello stato in cui si trova, non dovrebbe superare i 20,00€.

Un saluto cordiale.
Giulio De Florio

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Note:
(1) AE16 (moneta di bronzo di 16mm di diametro). Raccolgo in tabella le caratteristiche fisiche delle monete di bronzo della tipologia di figura reperite nel web: