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1/2 Stater
| Issuer | Carthage |
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| Year | 350 BC - 320 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Facing left, the wreathed effigy of the goddess Tanit is rendered in fine Punic style, her hair elaborately curled and bound beneath a wreath of grain ears symbolising fertility and divine abundance. The goddess is adorned with a beaded necklace and distinctive triple-pendant earrings, characteristic iconographic elements of her cult. The portrait exhibits the strong Sicilian-Greek artistic influence prevalent in Carthaginian coinage of the late fourth century BC. No legend appears in the field, the divine identity of the subject conveyed entirely through iconographic attributes. |
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| Reverse description | A horse stands in full profile to the right, rendered with naturalistic musculature and raised foreleg in the characteristic Punic equine type, enclosed within a beaded border. A stylised palm tree — the symbol of Phoenicia and Carthage — rises in the upper background field, its fronds fanning outward above the animal. The composition is unlettered, relying entirely on the emblematic pairing of horse and palm tree as the defining symbols of Carthaginian civic and religious identity. The exergue is plain, with no additional devices or inscriptions. |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 320 BC) |
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