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1/2 stater of Carthage with head of Persephone-Tanit
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 274 B.C.
Mint: Zeugitania, Carthage
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 15 mm. Weight: 3.72 gm. Die Axis: 1
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number58.1179
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CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek Coins, 1950-1963 (MFA), no. 037.
DescriptionObverse: Head of Persephone-Tanit to left, wearing corn wreath, pendant earring, and necklace.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Horse standing to right; behind, palm tree.
Ground line.
Border of dots,
Dot (?) in the exergue.
Border of dots.
Reverse: Horse standing to right; behind, palm tree.
Ground line.
Border of dots,
Dot (?) in the exergue.
ProvenanceBy 1956: with AG. Leu & Co., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland and Adolph Hess AG., Haldenstrasse 5, Lucerne, Switzerland (Hess-Leu auction, Hotel Schweizerhof, Lucerne, March 27, 1956, lot 245); by date unknown: with A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., 3 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. 2; purchased by MFA from A. H. Baldwin & Sons, Ltd., December 11, 1958, for £ 105/0/0