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Carthago 220-201 BC billon 1.5-shekel 9.23 g 2.41 cm 2.41 cm

obverse: hd Tanit l
reverse: horse stg r hd reverted, r foreleg up backwards
Muller 230-1, Alexandropoulos 81, Jenkins and Lewis
Munthandel G. Henzen list September 1995 66 

billon = alloy of gold or silver with predominating amount of base metal
according to Müller Bronze
Group IV gold coins and from the El Djem hoard billon (base silver) coins 


     10.72 g      SNG Milano XIV 37
      9.69 g      SNG Milano XIV 38
      9.23 g      Henzen Sept 1995 66    
      8.22 g      Jenkins-Lewis pl. 27 10                                   BI S.G. 8.54, (BM, El Djem hoard), AR reduced 3-drachms? c. 230-220 BC
7.00- 9.60 g  15  Müller 230                                                AE                 

      9.71 g      Jenkins-Lewis pl. 27  9     portret with necklace         BI S.G. 8.45, (BM, El Djem hoard), AR reduced 3-drachms? c. 230-220 BC
      9.61 g      Italo Vecchi 6 347    
      7.93 g      Italo Vecchi 6 346 Cop 391

      9.23 g      SNG Milano XIV 39           pellet below lifted foreleg
      8.55 g      Italo Vecchi 6 350 Cop 394
      8.21 g      SNG Milano XIV 41            
5.90- 9.90 g  25  Müller 231                                                AE

      9.20 g      Italo Vecchi 6 351 Cop 395  pellet above lifted foreleg

      7.41 g      Italo Vecchi 6 352 Cop 396  pellet between hind legs
 

     10.32 g      Italo Vecchi 6 349 Cop 393  lifted foreleg very high      
      8.59 g      SNG Milano XIV 40
      7.93 g      Italo Vecchi 6 348