Carthage Tetradrachm 410-395 BC
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Description Carthage AR Tetradrachm Period: Early 4th cent. B.C. Siculo-Punic issues of the Carthaginians in Sicily, 4th-3rd century BC. (After the First Punic War.) Carthage was a great maritime trading city that was founded by Phoenician colonists from Tyre in the 8 century B.C. From the 6th to the 3rd century B.C. the Carthaginians dominated trade in the western Mediterranean. Obverse: Date Palm with fruit, in Punic letters, Mahanat, ‘the camp’ Reverse: Free horse, crowned by Nike, Punic letters beneath, Karta Hadashat, “new city of Carthage”. Diameter: 27 mm Material: Silver plated fine pewter Made in the USA Packaged in a coin collecting flip with the description of coin printed on flip insert.
North Africa