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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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