Zeugitania - Carthage. 5 shekels, ca. 260 BC, uncertain mint in Sicily. Obv. Head of Tanit-Persephone left, wearing barley wreath and earring. Rev. Pegasus flying right; below, «b’rst» (in the Land) in Punic characters. Kraay/Hirmer 211; G.J. Jenkins, Coins of the Punic Sicily, part. IV, SNR 57, 1978, n° 442 (03/R11). AR 37.95 g.
Ch XF* Strike 5/5 Surface 5/5 NGC
Ex. Lanz auction 54, 12 november 1990, lot 358.
This exceptional silver decadrachm of Carthage was struck at the beginning of the war effort of the first Punic war against Rome. It was struck in Sicily using the traditional Punic standards and not the Attica standard, as used earlier in coins issued locally by the Carthaginians. The reverse shows Pegasus flying to the right and has no links with the Punic iconography. It is styled after Corinthian staters that were widely circulating in Sicily during the time, and which were resumed in Syracuse during the reign of Agathocles (317-289). Even the portrait on the obverse of Tanit-Persephone tends to be closer, in its particular style, to that of Arethusa. However, by its weight, general appearance as well as the striking technique, this Carthaginian “Decadrachm” is much different from those issued nearly a century and a half earlier in Sicily. Its low relief and the flat and thinner planchets used for these coins are clearly different than many of the other Greek coins of the time. Its style and quality makes this coin an emblematic part of Carthaginian numismatics, which alone perfectly illustrates the singularity and characteristics of the Punic style.
Cette exceptionnelle monnaie d’argent carthaginoise remonte aux débuts de l’effort financier causé par la première guerre punique contre Rome. Elle est frappée en Sicile selon l’étalon punique traditionnel et non plus attique, comme auparavant pour les monnaies émises sur place par les Carthaginois. Son type de revers, Pégase volant à droite, est sans lien avec l’iconographie punique. Il rappelle celui des très nombreux statères corinthiens qui circulent depuis longtemps en Sicile ; il est repris par Syracuse dès le règne d’Agathocle (317-289). Le portrait même de Tanit-Perséphone tend à se rapprocher, par ses attributs notamment, de celui d’Aréthuse. Cependant, tant par son poids, son aspect général, que par les techniques de sa frappe, ce « décadrachme » carthaginois ne ressemble guère à ses prédécesseurs émis près d’un siècle et demi plus tôt en Sicile. Son relief est bien plus bas car le flan employé est manifestement plus mince. Son module et ses spécificités en font une pièce emblématique de la numismatique carthaginoise, une pièce qui, à elle seule, illustre parfaitement la singularité si caractéristique du style punique.
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