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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2005.55
Title
One-tenth Shekel of Carthage
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
350 BCE -320 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Carthage (North Africa)
Period
Hellenistic period
Culture
Punic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/31949

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Electrum
Metal
EL
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
0.91 g
Die Axis
12
Denomination
tenth-shekel

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Jenkins/Lewis 136 ff.; SNG Cop 132; SNG Sicily 961; M 79

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Cornelius C. Vermeule, III
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
2005.55
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Obv.: Palm tree, dotted border.
Rev.: Horse's head r., dotted border.

Verification Level

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