19192 - Carthage (AE male head/horse) over Carthage (Tanit/horse) (Bertolami, EA 77, Dec. 2019, 627)
From SILVER
350 BCE - 320 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Bertolami Fine Arts, EA 77, 1 Dec. 2019, 627 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Male head left between two grain ears | Reverse: | Horse galloping right |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Carthage | Ancient region | Zeugitana | Modern country: Tunisia | Authority: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| From 350 BCE to 320 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 2.422.42 g <br />2,420 mg <br /> | Axis: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
| Diameter: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin reference: | Coin series reference: | "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 19 | |
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Tanit to left, wearing wreath of grain ears | Reverse: | Horse standing right before palm tree, to right, three pellets in triangle |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Carthage | Ancient region ᵖ | Zeugitana | Modern country: Tunisia | Authority ᵖ: | Carthaginian Empire |
Chronology
| From 400 BCE to 350 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC period
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Physical description
References
| Coin type reference ᵖ: | "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Alexandropoulos 2007, n° 18 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | sure |
| Remarks: | "Overstruck on an earlier punic issue (Head of Tanit l. / Horse r. before palm tree; SNG Copenhagen 109-19" | ||
