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1/4 stater of Carthage with head of Persephone-Tanit

Greek
Hellenistic Period
3rd century B.C.
Mint: Zeugitania, Carthage

Medium/Technique Electrum
Dimensions Diameter: 16 mm. Weight: 2.86 gm.
Credit Line Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number04.1231
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ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

Catalogue Raisonné Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 0508.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone to left with wreath of grain leaves, earring and necklace.
Plain border.
Reverse: Horse prancing to right.
Plain border.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: Canon Greenwell Collection; July 1902: acquired from Canon Greenwell Collection by Edward Perry Warren; September 1904: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren

Regling did not list as Greenwell.