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Galloping Carthaginian Horse Coin! --> Awesome!

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I have always had an Interest in the History of Rome, specifically the Imperiatorial Period and the Punic War Period.

This interest was the reason I decided to collect Ancient coins.

To quote (supposedly) Cato the Elder,
Carthago delenda est!

Carthage must be destroyed!

This coin, however, survived!

ZEUGITANIA. CARTHAGE. AE (CIRCA 400-350 BC)

Galloping-Carthaginian-Horse-Coin!--->-Awesome!

Obv: Wreathed head of Tanit left.
Rev: Horse galloping right.
Condition: good very fine
Weight: 5.5 gm.
Diameter: 17 mm.



If anyone has any more information, please post it
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 Posted 01/13/2013  9:11 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Bing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Great detail. Anoob will be jealous. Heck, I'm jealous. Congrats.
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 Posted 01/13/2013  9:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
....yup....the coin is Phabulous!...
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Very nice Carthage coin! Oh yeah, Noob will be jealous. lol
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 Posted 01/13/2013  9:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echizento to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Really nice coin, I'm going to hve to get one of these one day.
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 Posted 01/13/2013  10:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Doucet to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Yes, jealous here too.

I've been looking for one off and on for a while.

Really nice example.
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Very nice! I really like the details showing through the patina.
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Windchild, what a awesome coin, love the thick green patina and a Carthage coin to boot..
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 Posted 01/14/2013  08:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Certainly not a cheap coin, but a great pickup.
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 Posted 01/14/2013  10:17 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ok, I can't get over this coin, awesome,awesome, awesome.
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 Posted 01/14/2013  10:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Windchild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Not cheap... But worth the cost!

Very fast shipping too... Within 12 hours!

I'm going to post my third coin (which I know little about) soon, with a guess the price style guessing game of the trio.
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 Posted 01/14/2013  12:26 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Windchild to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
None of this type on Wildwinds... Any other way to get catalog numbers?
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 Posted 01/14/2013  12:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ancientnoob to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Sassari 56-136 Holleman Munten List 106 (1996)

A few different Examples , you have Group I Large Head
Calciati (1987) distinguishes also galloping and prancing horses
You might be able to narrow it down if you can figure out the die rotation in hrs. I am pretty sure its a Group I large head. Siculo-Punic coin, 370/60-340/25BC
horse galloping horse prancing

GROUP I globular flan GROUP II globular flan
class I large head, 5-7 g class I large head, 5-7 g
class II smaller head class II smaller head


This is the best Site I have ever found for these types of coins!

http://www.magnagraecia.nl/coins/Pu...ugitana.html


What I really want its the super massive 15-Shekel AE Piece a whopping 121 g. WHAT!!?
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Great site!

I agree... That 15 Shekel AE would be awesome!

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Nice coin! I sense you got a good deal on it I have a Carthage coin very similar to this one (probably the same type).
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Great coin!
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