Calabria, Tarentum AR Half-Shekel. Punic occupation, circa 212-209 BC. Nude youth, crowning horse with laurel wreath in his right hand, left hand holding filleted palm frond over shoulder, riding horse right; KPITOΣ below / Taras, cradling trident in left arm, holding in extended right hand, Nike, who crowns him with wreath held in both hands, astride dolphin left; EK monogram to left, ZΩ monogram to right; TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 978–80; HN Italy 1080; SNG ANS 1269 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd –; SNG France 2067 = de Luynes 317 (same dies); Dewing –. 3.88g, 19mm, 4h. Good Extremely Fine. Ex Spink 183 (26 September 2006), lot 532. The climax of the Carthaginian invasion of Italy was reached when Tarentum changed sides in 212 BC. The takeover of the city was a carefully planned coup by Hannibal and members of the city's democratic faction who opened the gates to Hannibal's army. The Carthaginians failed to take the citadel, but subsequent fortifications around this enemy stronghold enabled the city to remain under Punic control. Hannibal installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.
Calabria, Tarentum AR Half-Shekel. Punic occupation, circa 212-209 BC. Nude youth, crowning horse with laurel wreath in his right hand, left hand holding filleted palm frond over shoulder, riding horse right; KPITOΣ below / Taras, cradling trident in left arm, holding in extended right hand, Nike, who crowns him with wreath held in both hands, astride dolphin left; EK monogram to left, ZΩ monogram to right; TAPAΣ below. Vlasto 978–80; HN Italy 1080; SNG ANS 1269 (same obv. die); SNG Lloyd –; SNG France 2067 = de Luynes 317 (same dies); Dewing –. 3.88g, 19mm, 4h. Good Extremely Fine. Ex Spink 183 (26 September 2006), lot 532. The climax of the Carthaginian invasion of Italy was reached when Tarentum changed sides in 212 BC. The takeover of the city was a carefully planned coup by Hannibal and members of the city's democratic faction who opened the gates to Hannibal's army. The Carthaginians failed to take the citadel, but subsequent fortifications around this enemy stronghold enabled the city to remain under Punic control. Hannibal installed his own magistrates and struck coinage based on the Punic half shekel standard.
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