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⅜ Stater
| Issuer | Carthage |
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| Year | 220 BC - 210 BC |
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| Weight | 2.66 g |
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| Reverse description | A horse stands in profile to the right in a proud, animated pose, with the raised left hind leg conveying natural movement. The animal is depicted with careful anatomical attention, its mane braided or crested and the musculature of the body well-defined in relief. The field behind the horse bears faint die-cut lines, a characteristic feature of the Carthaginian minting process of this series. No exergue line, legend, or additional symbol is present, keeping the composition focused on the equine device, which served as the principal emblem of Carthaginian civic and military identity. |
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| Mintage | ND (220 BC - 210 BC) |
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Carthaginian electrum issues of this period were struck under the immense financial pressure of the Second Punic War, with Hannibal's Italian campaign demanding continuous provisioning across supply lines that stretched from Iberia through the Alps. The Carthaginian treasury was drawing on every available metal source, and the variable gold-to-silver ratio in electrum coinage of this decade reflects improvised procurement rather than controlled minting policy.
The ⅜ stater denomination itself is uncommon in surviving assemblages — the full stater and half stater dominate collections, making fractional pieces statistically underrepresented relative to their original production volumes.