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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.56
Title
Shekel-didrachm of Carthage
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
310-290 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Carthage (North Africa)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Punic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/31896

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
7.47 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
shekel

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 136; Jenkins-Lewis 251; SNG Sicily 976; M 50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.56
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Head of Tanit l., wearing wreath with corn ears and pendant necklace, dotted boder, dot in front of neck.
Rev.: Horse standing r., doouble exergue line, two dots below, dotted border.

Verification Level

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