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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.216.3445.176
Title
Coin of Carthage
Classification
Coins
Work Type
coin
Date
300-264 BCE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Carthage (North Africa)
Period
Classical period
Culture
Punic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/194381

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Metal
AE
Technique
Struck
Dimensions
4.77 g
Die Axis
9

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
SNG Cop 164; M 276

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Transfer from the Department of the Classics, Harvard University, Bequest of Henry W. Haynes, 1912
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.216.3445.176
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 border.
Rev.: Head of horse r., globule in field, dotted border.

Verification Level

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