Æ Shekel with palm tree

Produced in the decades before the First Punic War, this series reflects Carthage's growing need for a fractional bronze currency to support military pay and commercial activity across its western Mediterranean holdings. Carthaginian bronze coinage of this period was struck at multiple mints — likely including Sardinia and Sicily alongside North Africa — making precise attribution of individual specimens genuinely difficult. The Copenhagen and Müller references group these pieces across a notable die range, and the MAA classification acknowledges the series' typological breadth.