Silver shekel

early 3rd century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 169

Head of Tanit (Punic Persephone)/horse before date-palm. The horse was the usual symbol for Carthaginian coinage; the date-palm was used to indicate this to the Greeks in Sicily since in Greek meant both date-palm and Phoenician/Carthaginian.
Carthage

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Title: Silver shekel
Date: early 3rd century BCE
Culture: Carthaginian
Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 19 mm
Classification: Coins
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1905
Object Number: 05.44.925
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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