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I have unsuccessfully been looking for what the Carthaginian currency was in and around the second Punic war. I understand that they did not use the coin system, but am unable to find what their "currency" was called? Was it called "Gold and Silver"? Any Help is much appreciated!
P.S. I am posting a series of questions concerning Carthage that I have been unsucessful in finding answers to.

2007-06-27 14:14:20 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities History

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Leather bags were used as money in the ancient city of Carthage, where the idea was that rather than make all coins of small amounts of silver, they would make the significant majority completely of cheap alloy, and the occasional one of pure silver. The coins - including the duds - were then sealed by the state in a leather bag, granted a face value equivalent to silver, and deemed worthless if the seal on the bag was broken.

2007-06-27 14:17:33 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 0 0

I think you mean 218 BC.
They certainly did have coins by then.
They had an electrum (75% gold, 25% silver) coin called a stater.
They also had shekels and half-shekels of silver.
Look them up on a coin site like CNG.

2007-06-27 17:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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