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Tetradrachm with head of Tanit (or Dido?)
Greek
Early Hellenistic Period
about 320–310 B.C.
Mint: Kingdom of Carthage, Uncertain, probably in Sicily
Medium/Technique
Silver
Dimensions
Diameter: 27 mm. Weight: 17.24 gm. Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour
Accession Number1970.345
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Head of Tanit or Dido (?) left, wearing Oriental tiara.
Reverse: Lion to left.
Palm tree behind.
Sche'am Machanat (The People of the Camp) in Punic below.
Reverse: Lion to left.
Palm tree behind.
Sche'am Machanat (The People of the Camp) in Punic below.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Münzen und Medaillen AG, Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; May 13, 1970: purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen AG