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| | CARTHAGE AND ITS COINAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | Traditionally described as having been founded circa 814 BC by Phoenicians from Tyre, Carthage became a great mercantile state and seapower that carried out extensive trade around the Mediterranean. |
 | | Of course, the coinage of Carthage came to an abrupt end with the destruction of the city by Roman legions at the conclusion of the Third Punic War in 146 BC. |
 | | Sardinia, AE 29, 270-250 BC, 15.07 gm, SNG Cop 197 (ex-Freedman, Triton V, 1/02, #582) |
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