62, Lot: 44. Estimate $75. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ZEUGITANIA, Carthage. Circa 210-202 BC. Æ 23mm (6.39 gm). Wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; palm tree behind. Overstruck on Carthaginian AE 23mm, wreathed head of Tanit left / Horse standing right; letter Ayin below. For undertype: cf. SNG Copenhagen 211; Müller 197; for overtype: cf. SNG Copenhagen 353 (reverse). VF, dark olive patina, traces of casting spurs.

After 211 BC, the tide began to turn against Carthage. Scipio's advances in Spain and the Roman victory at the Metaurus necessitated a Carthaginian withdrawl to North Africa to protect the homeland. To continue to pay Carthaginian forces, new sources of material for minting had to be found, and reusing earlier issues seemed the most logical choice. By 202 BC, the Carthaginian defeat at Zama ended the Second Punic War and Carthaginian control in the western Mediterranean.