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- Co 395 (Early Hellenistic bronze coin from Carthage with countermark) [permalink]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Is Part Of
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Coin Finds
- Not after (date)
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-240
- Not before (date)
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-300
- Comment
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Dated early-mid-3rd century BCE
- Logical part of
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Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification comment
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This type is believed to have been minted on Sardinia.
- Comparanda
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AgoraXXVI 429, p. 173, pl. 22 (J. Kroll)
- Comparanda
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SNGCopAfr Zeugitania: Carthage 151
- Contributor Notes
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2011 (late May): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
- Contributor Notes
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2024: JLR identified coin.
- Preservation description
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Wear: P. Extensive, minute pitting, scratching, and fissuring. Large patches of white to light blue bronze disease.
- Published as
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KenchreaiIII, p. 101 (R. Hohlfelder identified in Appendix 3 as “D D Tessera“)
- Axis (1-12)
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3
- Numismatic Mint
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Carthage
- Numismatic Weight (g)
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5.14
- Obverse Description
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Head of Persephone to left; behind head, ★ (?)
- Reverse Description
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Countermark to center right in shallow incuse rectangle (6 mm): O-C (uncertain; bold letters)
- Reverse Description
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Horse head to right; within dotted border (traces)
- Reverse Inscription
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To lower right, small o
- Belongs to Historical Period
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Early Hellenistic (Historical Period)
- Material
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Bronze (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Horse or Donkey (Visual Motif)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
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Persephone/Kore/Proserpina (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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