Ancients: ZEUGITANA. Carthage. Ca. 264-241 BC. EL trihemishekel (22mm, 11.03 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5....

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Time of First Punic War

ZEUGITANA. Carthage. Ca. 264-241 BC. EL trihemishekel (22mm, 11.03 gm, 12h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Tanit left, hair wreathed with grain ears, hair drawn into multiple coils and tendrils at back of head, wearing triple-pendant earring and necklace with nine pendants / Horse standing right on exergual line; double uraeus to either side of radiant solar disk above, with seven rays above and five below, pellet on ground line behind rear hoof. Jenkins & Lewis Group Xa. Struck from highly detailed dies on mirror-like surfaces with light toning.

In addition to the death and destruction caused by the First Punic War between Carthage and Rome, the impact on the world's economy was also profound. Though immensely rich, Carthage's stock of gold reserves were eventually reduced to the point where coins of pure gold were increasingly debased with silver, producing denominations such as this remarkably styled electrum trihemishekel. An unusual feature is the quasi-Egyptian solar disk flanked by serpents above the proud Punic horse.

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