Coins from Punic Iberia

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 › Iberia, Punic › Abdera (Iberia) • Unit (2nd century BC)

Æ Unit
(200 BC - 101 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 6.7 g • ⌀ 22 mm
ACIP# 874, GCV# 49, Heiss# 5, N# 294138

Carthaginian Empire › Iberia, Punic › Ákra Leuká • Hispania - Drachm

¼ Shekel - Hasdrubal the Fair
(229 BC - 228 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 1.71 g • ⌀ 14 mm
SNG Copenhagen# 293, N# 197636
Shekel - Hasdrubal the Fair
(229 BC - 228 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 7.19 g • ⌀ 22 mm
ACIP# 555-557, CNH# 15, N# 197637
1½ Shekel - Hasdrubal the Fair
(229 BC - 228 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Silver • 11.12 g • ⌀ 24 mm
ACIP# 554, N# 196717

Carthaginian Empire › Iberia, Punic › Arsa • As

1 As = ¹⁄₂₀ Roman pound

As
(200 BC - 167 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 9.7 g • ⌀ 27.0 mm
ACIP# 910, CNH# 1, N# 294157

Carthaginian Empire › Iberia, Punic › Asido • As (2nd century BC)

1 As = 2 Semisses = 4 Quadrantes = 6 Sextantes

Semis
(200 BC - 101 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 6.8 g • ⌀ 25.0 mm
ACIP# 914, CNH# 3, N# 294159

Carthaginian Empire › Iberia, Punic › Bailo • As (2nd century BC)

1 As = 2 Semisses = 4 Quadrantes = 6 Sextantes

Semis
(200 BC - 101 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 4.4 g • ⌀ 20.0 mm
ACIP# 924, CNH# 2, N# 294160

Carthaginian Empire › Iberia, Punic › Beuibum • Unit

Æ Unit
(150 BC - 1 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 13.3 g • ⌀ 25 mm
ACIP# 980, N# 294139
Æ Unit
(150 BC - 50 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 10.8 g • ⌀ 26 mm
FAB# 1625, N# 294993
Æ Unit
(50 BC - 20 BC)

Standard circulation coin
Bronze • 11.25 g
RPC Online I# 51A, ACIP# 989, N# 338118

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