Coinage of Carthage

Entella Tetradrachm "The Camp" Ar Tetradrachm Obv Head of beardless Herakles rv Horse head left 17.03 grms 24 mm Jenkins 343 O 110/R 281 This coin illustrated

 

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Gorgeous coin, the whole package.

 

Carthaginians in Italy Ar Half Shekel Obv Head of Tanit l. rv horse stg right. 215-211 B.C. HN 2016 3.68 grms 18 mm

 

NUMIDIA


Numidia - Massinissa Left 203-148 BCE Leaping Horse - thicker face




Numidia - Micipsi Left - 148-118 BCE Galloping Horse - thnner face

 

SCIPIO in IBERIA


Carthago Nova Scipio 209-206 BCE AE 14 Horse Head



Carthago Nova SCIPIO Africanus Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 Left

 

Such nice coins, everyone!

Last week I watched this video about Massinissa which I found pretty interesting:


Here's a Carthage coin type that I just got that I've been seeking out a good deal on: Palm/Pegasus...


And those gorgeous silver coins make me all jealous, as my entire Carthage, Iberian, Sicily collection is just bronze at the moment. I love seeing them all though... I had a bid this weekend on an AR 1/4 shekel, but it didn't hold.

 

My interest in Carthaginian coins began when I saw an AV gold stater for the first time. One of these days................

I now own a couple dozen bronze and silver coins. I created a shadow box display for the nicer ones including a fairly large 16th century medal of Dido and their famous harbor of Carthage. Also, although expensive (for me) a couple Roman provincial coinage with a reverse depiction of the building of Carthage.


Zeugitania. Carthage. Second Punic War 220-205 BC.
Half Shekel AR
20mm., 3,68g.
Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; sun disk above, O below.
SNG Copenhagen 362; HN Italy 2016.


CARTHAGE, Libyan Revolt. Circa 241-238 BC. Æ Shekel (23.5mm, 6.10 g, 9h). Mint on Sardinia. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Three grain ears; inverted crescent and pellet above, Punic gimel and mem flanking central ear. CNP 693i; cf. MAA 70; SNG Copenhagen 247–8.


North Africa, Carthage Æ15. Circa 400-350 BC. Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree in background; to right, three pellets in triangle. MAA 18l; Jenkins & Lewis 13; SNG Copenhagen 118. 2.94g, 15mm, 10h. From a Swiss Private Collection.

CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-215 BC. Æ Trishekel (32mm, 19.84 g, 12h). Carthage mint. Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath of grain ears and single-pendant earring / Horse standing right; palm tree in background to left. MAA 84; Müller, Afrique 147; SNG Copenhagen 344. My first Carthaginian.

Nice selection of Carthaginians in Roma Numismatics auction on 9/29

 

Nice Pegasos, @Justin Lee ! And thanks for the video. The Massinissa connection with Rome was very complicated, but ultimately the tipping point for the struggle.

Your Carthage collection is great! I started really getting interested by starting with several AE's as you have. The more I fleshed out the history of Republican Rome, the more Carthage coinage became much more desirable for me. They were so intertwined in their histories, even back to a treaty between Rome and Carthage after the Republic was founded. They were told that they could not encroach on any Carthage trading areas, and in effect not allowed to have a Navy. The Romans finally threw off the control and influence of the Etrurian Empire, only to begin to tangle with Carthage!


Carthage Siculo-Punic AE 17 Late 4th-Early 3rd C BCE Tanit Horse Prancing SNG COP 95



Carthage Zeugitana 4th-3rd C BC AE 15 Male Hd Horse Prancing SNG Cop 120



Carthage Zeugitana 400-350 BC AE 13 2.3g Tanit Horse std Palm

 

Hi all, I wanted to share what I've been working on this week. I've created a page on my site that is like a "collage" in a sense of my Carthage coins (and other relevant civilizations) combined with a timeline of Carthage and the Punic wars (not my original material) and curated A/V media pulled together chronologically. I did it for myself as I think it brings together a better sense of the events and progression through the coins... But I thought I'd share it.

Anyways, feel free to check it out and let me know what you think:
https://iomegacollection.home.blog/punic-timeline/

 

Right church, different pew. Byzantine coins minted in Roman Carthage are usually, to coin a EAC/C4 term, scudzy. Hard to get hold your breath examples. Well, it's easy, as long as you want to pay a lot. Same thing everywhere.

 

Here is one of my recent Carthage coins....
AV Solidus ND Carthage Mint

 

That's a nice and informative page. I just added it to my page of links to good sites about ancient coins:
http://augustuscoins.com/ed/sitelinks.html

 

Zeugitania, Carthage 300-264 BC