Record ID: IOW-A94C87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy unit of Carthage, struck in Sardinia, c. 300-264 BC; Horse head right; below, (dot); to right, three dots. SNG Copenhagen pl. 6, no. 155. For a similar Carthaginian coin found in Lincolnshire, see LIN-C0E9D7. For Carthaginian coins found in Kent, see D. Holman, Britannia XXXVI (2005) p. 5, fig. 2, no. 14, and p. 11. Carthaginian and Numidian coins are occasionally found in Britain, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. A Numidian piece was found in excavations at Carn Brea in Cornwall and two smaller Carthaginian coins were in the temple assemblage from …
Created on: Wednesday 11th November 2009
Last updated: Monday 19th February 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.