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CARTHAGE, Second Punic War. Circa 220-205 BC. AR Half Shekel (17mm, 3.58 g, 11h). Laureate head of Melkart left / Elephant advancing right; A (in Punic) in exergue. Cf. Visonà 55 (shekel); Walker 29; Burnett, Enna 129; MAA –; CNP 447 (Akragas mint). Toned, rough surfaces. VF. Rare.
These coins were originally attributed to the Punic mint in Spain, but subsequent hoard evidence has established that they were struck either in Carthage or a Carthaginian mint in Sicily during the Second Punic War (see A. Walker, "Some Hoards from Sicily and a Carthaginian Issue of the Second Punic War" in Studies Mildenberg, p. 275, and note 6). Burnett (Enna) argued, based on the fixed die axes of the coins, that this issue was struck in Carthage, but for circulation in Sicily. More receently, P. Visonà agreed with Walker's analysis, while CNP placed the issue during the Punic occupation of Akragas.
These coins were originally attributed to the Punic mint in Spain, but subsequent hoard evidence has established that they were struck either in Carthage or a Carthaginian mint in Sicily during the Second Punic War (see A. Walker, "Some Hoards from Sicily and a Carthaginian Issue of the Second Punic War" in Studies Mildenberg, p. 275, and note 6). Burnett (Enna) argued, based on the fixed die axes of the coins, that this issue was struck in Carthage, but for circulation in Sicily. More receently, P. Visonà agreed with Walker's analysis, while CNP placed the issue during the Punic occupation of Akragas.