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 › Zeugitana › Carthage • Zeugitana - Shekel

Trihemistater
(264 BC - 241 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 10.67 g • ⌀ 22 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 996, MAA# 30, Jameson# 923, GCV# 6476, J&L# 428, N# 192683
Tristater
(270 BC - 260 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Electrum • 21.69 g
SNG Lockett# 1063, J&L# 368, Müller Cyr# 76, GCV# 6440, N# 190022
Available for swap Æ16 (Carthage)
(400 BC - 350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.9 g • ⌀ 16 mm
GCV# 6444, MAA# 18, SNG Copenhagen# 109, Müller SBZ# 168, N# 48859
Æ16 (Carthage)
(400 BC - 350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.9 g • ⌀ 16.25 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 97, N# 36713
Æ28
(400 BC - 350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.03 g • ⌀ 28 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 109-13, MAA# 18, N# 192678
Æ15
(350 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.50 g • ⌀ 15 mm
MAA# 19, SNG Copenhagen# 120, CNS# III 22, N# 194058
Æ18 (Carthage)
(350 BC - 320 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 7.55 g • ⌀ 18.5 mm
MAA# 20, SNG Copenhagen# 102, N# 40549
Æ16
(330 BC - 300 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 2.38 g • ⌀ 15 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 107, N# 193889
Available for swap Æ Shekel (Carthage; No Symbol)
(300 BC - 264 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 6.52 g • ⌀ 21 mm
MAA# 57, SNG Copenhagen# 149, N# 93963
Æ Shekel (Carthage; Punic Letter)
(300 BC - 264 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 6.5 g • ⌀ 20 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 144, N# 294211
Æ32
(250 BC - 200 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 14.34 g • ⌀ 27 mm
GCV# 6505, Müller SBZ# 143, N# 333164
Available for swap Æ17
(221 BC - 210 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 6.71 g
SNG Copenhagen# 320, Müller Cyr# 224, N# 195383
Available for swap Æ Shekel (Carthage)
(215 BC - 201 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Copper • 6.7 g • ⌀ 24 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 314, N# 48858

Carthaginian Empire › Zeugitana › Uncertain Zeugitanian city • Zeugitana - Shekel

Shekel
(241 BC - 238 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Billon • 7.32 g • ⌀ 23 mm
MAA# 53, SNG Copenhagen# 239, N# 196723

Carthaginian Empire › Zeugitana › Utica • Zeugitana - Shekel

Æ Trishekel
(175 BC - 150 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 14.00 g • ⌀ 29 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 428, MAA# 109, N# 196722

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