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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Greek Coins| > |Geographic - All Periods| > |North Africa| > |Carthage| > GB87736
Carthage, Zeugitana, North Africa, 300 - 264 B.C.
|Carthage|, |Carthage,| |Zeugitana,| |North| |Africa,| |300| |-| |264| |B.C.|, In 278 B.C., envoys from the Sicilian cities of Agrigentum, Syracuse, and Leontini asked Pyrrhus for military aid to remove the Carthaginian dominance over that island. With an army of 20,000 infantry, 3,000 cavalry, 20 war elephants, and some 200 ships, Pyrrhus defeated the Carthaginian forces and captured the city-fortress of Eryx. Carthage sued for peace, but Pyrrhus demanded Carthage renounce its claims on Sicily entirely. Pyrrhus set his sights on conquering Carthage itself, and began outfitting an expedition. However, his ruthless treatment of the Sicilian cities and his execution of two Sicilian rulers led to such animosity that he was forced out of Sicily and abandoned his plan.
GB87736. Bronze AE 19, SNG Cop 149, Alexandropoulos 57, Müller Afrique 268, aVF, dark patina, a little off center, pre-strike flan casting sprue, Sardinian mint, weight 5.096g, maximum diameter 20.1mm, die axis 0o, 300 - 264 B.C.; obverse head of Tanit left wearing wreath of grain and plain necklace, dotted border; reverse horse's head right; SOLD










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