320 BC Ancient Carthage Gold Stater, Zeugitania Horse, NGC Extremely Fine (XF)

Description

320-280 B.C. Carthage Stater
320-280 B.C. Ancient Carthage Zeugitania Gold Stater
NGC XF Condition
Light wear, a strong strike, and light scratches
The obverse side of the coin features the portrait of Tanit, the main goddess of Carthage, while the reverse features a horse. The symbolism of the horse is unknown, but potentially related to another ancient Carthaginian god.
Carthage was an ancient city-state on the African side of the Mediterranean, in modern-day Tunisia. The city of Carthage was the power center of the Carthaginian Empire, a force that dominated the Mediterranean from the 7th century B.C. up until the rise of the Roman Republic in the 2nd century B.C. The Roman and Carthaginian Empires fought a series of wars during the 3rd and 2nd centuries, culminating in the defeat of Carthage in 146 B.C. and the complete destruction of the city by Roman forces. The Romans destroyed nearly all Carthaginian texts after the war, rendering the historical record and our modern-day knowledge of Carthage very sparse.
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