Tetradrachm of Carthage | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2008.115.82
Title: Tetradrachm of Carthage
Classification: Coins
Work Type: coin
Date: 336 BCE-330 BCE
Places: Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Carthage (North Africa)
Period: Classical period, Late, to Early Hellenistic
Culture: Siculo-Punic
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/186438

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Silver
Metal: AR
Technique: Struck
Dimensions: 17.06 g
Die Axis: 6
Denomination: tetradrachm

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Baldwin sale. Ex. coll. Lord Grantley.

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number: SNG Cop 89-93

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection, Department of the Classics, Harvard University
Accession Year: 2008
Object Number: 2008.115.82
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Obv.: Head of Herakles-Melkart wearing lion-skin r., doted border.
Rev.: Horse's head l., behind palm tree, dotted border, below Punic legend, symbol.

Verification Level

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2008.115.82: Tetradrachm of Carthage