Friday, November 05, 2021

Gold coins of Carthage

NUMISMATICS: The Gold Coins of Ancient Carthage (Tyler Rossi). Cross-file under Punic Watch.

Other PaleoJudaica posts on Carthaginian coins are here, here, and here.

For the Punic goddess Tanit/Tannit (the "Snake Lady"), see here, here, and here. The last two links raise the question of whether she was also worshipped in Phoenicia proper. Current evidence is unclear. More on that soon.

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