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Auction X 13 January 2013
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Zeugitana. Carthage. 200-146 BC. Serrated Double Shekel, 12.62g. (12h). Zeugitana, Carthage, c. 149-146 BC, last issue of Carthage. Obv: Head of Tanit left. Rx: Horse prancing right; caduceus above. Visona, SNR 86 (2007), p. 44, no. 28 (this coin). Only 6 recorded, two from this die combination, the others being three in BM, Parma, and another one in private hands. Extremely rare last issue of Carthage with caduceus symbol. About VF.
Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7843, Lewis Egnew Collection.
A specimen of the last series of Carthage, and accordingly rare, issued during the desperate resistance against the three-year siege of the city by the Romans which ended in complete disaster: the Romans were not content to destroy the city and sell all survivors into slavery but also cursed Carthage and scattered salt over the ruins and adjacent areas.
Ex Superior, 30 May 1995, lot 7843, Lewis Egnew Collection.
A specimen of the last series of Carthage, and accordingly rare, issued during the desperate resistance against the three-year siege of the city by the Romans which ended in complete disaster: the Romans were not content to destroy the city and sell all survivors into slavery but also cursed Carthage and scattered salt over the ruins and adjacent areas.