1979.428.559: Coin of Sicily under the Carthaginians
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1979.428.559
- Title
- Coin of Sicily under the Carthaginians
- Classification
- Coins
- Work Type
- coin
- Date
- 4th-3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Europe, Sicily
- Period
- Hellenistic period, Early
- Culture
- Carthaginian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/180544
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze
- Metal
- AE
- Technique
- Struck
- Dimensions
- 2.43 g
- Die Axis
- 9
State, Edition, Standard Reference Number
- Standard Reference Number
- D.S. no.111ff
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Unspecified Collection
- Accession Year
- 1979
- Object Number
- 1979.428.559
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
-
Obv.: Head of Tanit, l., wearing wreath of ears of grain and a necklace.
Rev.: Horse standing r. in front of a palm tree.
Verification Level
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