Coins from Carthaginian Empire

The Carthaginian Empire was the wider sphere of influence of the Phoenician city of Carthage during the 7th–2nd centuries BC. The empire extended over much of the coast of Northwest Africa, coastal Iberia and the islands of the western Mediterranean Sea. Phoenicians founded Carthage in 814 BC and the city gained its independence from Tyre around 650 BC to become a major power in the Mediterranean basin. For much of its history, Carthage was on hostile terms with the Greeks in Sicily and with the Roman Republic in the armed conflicts known as the Sicilian Wars (c. 600–265 BC) and the Punic Wars (264–146 BC). In 146 BC, after the third and final Punic War, Roman forces destroyed Carthage. Between the late fifth century BC and its destruction, Carthage produced a wide range of coinage in gold, electrum, silver, billon, and bronze. Only a minority of Carthaginian coinage was produced or used in North Africa. Instead, the majority derive from Carthage's holdings in Sardinia and western Sicily. The base denomination was the shekel weighing 7.2g of silver. Carthage issued ½-shekel, shekel, 1⅔-shekel, double shekel, and triple shekel coins. 5-shekel pieces were issued in Sicily.
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Carthaginian Empire › Sicily, Punic › Uncertain Siculo-Punic mint

Tetradrachm
(300 BC - 289 BC)

Silver • 17.11 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Jenkins P4# 325, Müller SBZ# 19, GCV# 6439, N# 322638
Tetradrachm
(300 BC - 289 BC)

Silver • 16.36 g • ⌀ 24 mm
Jenkins P4# 371, HGC 2# 295, Müller SBZ# 8, GCV# 6436, Dewing# 983, N# 322038
Æ16
(375 BC - 350 BC)

Bronze • 5.85 g • ⌀ 15.21 mm
N# 369489

Carthaginian Empire › Sicily, Punic › Ziz • Litra

12 Onkiai = 1 Litra • 5 Litrai = 1 Attic standard drachm

Semis
(199 BC - 100 BC)

Bronze • 7.92 g • ⌀ 20 mm
CNS# 17, HGC 2# 1070, Buceti# 116, N# 396649
Quadrans
(300 BC - 200 BC)

Copper • 2.43 g • ⌀ 15 mm
N# 57346
Tetras
(415 BC - 405 BC)

Bronze • 3.70 g • ⌀ 16.0 mm
CNS# 2, HGC 2# 1056, N# 185895
Tetras
(415 BC - 405 BC)

Bronze • 8.38 g • ⌀ 19 mm
CNS# I-2, SNG ANS 1# 535, HGC 2# 1054, N# 197741
Tetras
(405 BC - 380 BC)

Silver • 0.20 g • ⌀ 6.0 mm
N# 185894
Hemilitron
(405 BC - 380 BC)

Bronze • 14.43 g • ⌀ 26 mm
CNS# 1, SNG ANS 1# 532, HGC 2# 1053, SNG Morcom# 649, Jenkins P1# 18, N# 379007
Litra
(405 BC - 380 BC)

Silver • 0.76 g
SNG ANS 1# 548, N# 184271
Litra
(405 BC - 380 BC)

Silver • 0.64 g • ⌀ 9.0 mm
N# 185402
Gold Tritartemorion - Pyrrhos of Epiros
(276 BC)

Gold • 0.54 g
SNG ANS 1# 576, SNG Lloyd# 1671, N# 197830
Tetradrachm
(405 BC - 380 BC)

Silver • 17.14 g • ⌀ 25 mm
HGC 2# 1004, Jenkins P1# 12, N# 378963
Tetradrachm
(405 BC - 380 BC)

Silver • 17.19 g • ⌀ 27 mm
SNG Lloyd# 1583, SNG ANS 1# 538, Jenkins P1# 30, N# 195044
Tetradrachm
(400 BC - 390 BC)

Silver • 17.24 g • ⌀ 25 mm
SNG Lloyd# 1580, Jenkins P1# 18, N# 378967
Tetradrachm
(360 BC - 340 BC)

Silver • 17.22 g • ⌀ 26.0 mm
AMB Basel# 394, N# 184274
Tetradrachm
(360 BC - 340 BC)

Silver • 17.23 g
N# 181915
Æ14
(336 BC - 330 BC)

Bronze • 1.99 g • ⌀ 14 mm
CNS# I-8, SNG ANS 1# 555, HGC 2# 1059, N# 197742
Æ13
(336 BC - 330 BC)

Bronze • 1.99 g • ⌀ 13 mm
CNS# I-9, HGC 2# 1060, N# 197743

Carthaginian Empire › Sicily, Punic › Ziz • Unspecified currency

As
(200 BC - 190 BC)

Bronze • 5.74 g • ⌀ 21.5 mm
CNS# 83, HGC 2# 1690, Buceti# 167, N# 396655

Carthaginian Empire › Uncertain Punic mint • Litra

12 Onkiai = 1 Litra • 5 Litrai = 1 Attic standard drachm

Tetradrachm
(345 BC - 315 BC)

Silver • 17.22 g • ⌀ 22.0 mm
Jenkins P3# 94, SNG Lockett# 1041, GCV# 6430, Müller SBZ# 28, N# 186146
Tetradrachm
(345 BC - 315 BC)

Silver • 16.68 g
SNG Copenhagen# 82, BostonMFA# 492, N# 180840
Tetradrachm
(345 BC - 315 BC)

Silver • 17.11 g • ⌀ 25 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 83, SNG Lockett# 1035, SNG Lloyd# 1614, N# 196071
Tetradrachm
(345 BC - 315 BC)

Silver • 16.81 g • ⌀ 27 mm
SNG Lockett# 1036, HGC 2# 283, BostonMFA# 489, SNG Fitzwilliam# 1488, GCV# 6432, N# 195055
Tetradrachm (Punic military mint)
(330 BC - 320 BC)

Silver • 16.90 g • ⌀ 27.0 mm
N# 185231
Tetradrachm
(320 BC - 300 BC)

Silver • 17.15 g • ⌀ 27 mm
Jenkins P3# 176, N# 196073
Tetradrachm (Uncertain Punic mint)
(320 BC - 300 BC)

Silver • 17.17 g • ⌀ 26 mm
SNG Ashmolean# 2158, Jenkins P3# 146, N# 182799
Tetradrachm
(320 BC - 300 BC)

Silver • 17.15 g • ⌀ 23.0 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 93, HGC 2# 295, N# 168846
Tetradrachm (Punic military mint)
(320 BC - 310 BC)

Silver • 16.80 g • ⌀ 27.0 mm
Kraay&Hirm# 207, ACGC# 876, N# 185233
Tetradrachm (Uncertain Punic mint)
(300 BC)

Silver • 16.84 g
Jameson# 290, N# 181957

Carthaginian Empire › Uncertain Punic mint • Unspecified currency

Tetradrachm
(320 BC - 300 BC)

Silver • 16.88 g
SNG Munich 1# 1618, N# 193390

Carthaginian Empire › Zeugitana › Carthage • Zeugitana - Shekel

¼ Shekel
(220 BC - 210 BC)

Silver • 1.91 g • ⌀ 15 mm
GCV# 6499, Müller SBZ# 90, N# 332980
¼ Shekel
(220 BC - 210 BC)

Silver • 1.74 g • ⌀ 14 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 369, N# 193392
½ Shekel
(220 BC - 210 BC)

Silver • 3.72 g • ⌀ 19 mm
GCV# 6498, Müller SBZ# 87, SNG Copenhagen# 360, N# 332785
½ Shekel
(220 BC - 225 BC)

Silver • 3.22 g • ⌀ 18 mm
BMC Walk 1# 29, SNG Copenhagen# 383, Jameson# 923, N# 192686
Diobol
(300 BC - 264 BC)

Bronze • 4.21 g
SNG Copenhagen# 151, N# 193388
Shekel
(300 BC - 260 BC)

Silver • 7.96 g • ⌀ 19.0 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 141, Müller Cyr# 108, MAA# 371, J&L# 16, GCV# 6491, N# 185653
Æ Shekel (with Punic Letter ʿayin 𐤏)
(300 BC - 264 BC)

Bronze • 6.37 g • ⌀ 21 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 151, MAA# 57, N# 258621
Shekel
(264 BC - 241 BC)

Silver • 7.65 g
GCV# 6495, MAA# 42, SNG Copenhagen# 187, Müller SBZ# 112, N# 331000
Shekel
(241 BC - 238 BC)

Silver • 7.52 g • ⌀ 23 mm
MAA# 50b, SNG Copenhagen# 236, N# 192687
1 Shekel - Hannibal
(221 BC - 201 BC)

Silver • 6.08 g
MAA# –, SNG Copenhagen# 383, SNG Munich 6# 260, N# 308711
⅒ Stater (Carthage)
(350 BC - 320 BC)

Gold • 1.09 g
GCV# 6455, Müller SBZ# 79, J&L# 138, N# 116483
⅒ Stater
(350 BC - 320 BC)

Gold • 0.73 g • ⌀ 8 mm
SNG Lockett# 1034, J&L# 159, MAA# 8, McClean# 9977, N# 194556
⅒ Stater
(320 BC - 310 BC)

Electrum • 0.76 g • ⌀ 7 mm
GCV# 6461, Müller SBZ# 81, J&L# 243, MAA# 11, N# 323647
Trihemishekel
(264 BC - 241 BC)

Silver • 11.8 g • ⌀ 26 mm
GCV# 6494, MAA# 44, Müller SBZ# 103, SNG Copenhagen# 190, N# 328755
Trihemishekel
(240 BC - 230 BC)

Silver • 10.7 g • ⌀ 26 mm
GCV# 6496, SNG Copenhagen# 351, Müller SBZ# 105, N# 331025
Trihemishekel
(203 BC - 201 BC)

Billon • 10.41 g • ⌀ 26 mm
MAA# 81, SNG Copenhagen# 390, GCV# 6497, Müller SBZ# 115, N# 192688
Tetradrachm
(350 BC - 315 BC)

Silver • 16.80 g
SNG Lloyd# 1616, SNG Lockett# 1037, Jameson# 913, N# 194301

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