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Tetradrachm
| Issuer | Carthage |
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| Year | 350 BC - 315 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SNG Lloyd#1616, SNG Lockett#1037, Jameson#913 |
| Obverse description | Facing head of Arethusa turned slightly to the left, her hair elaborately bound and adorned with a wreath, wearing a triple-pendant earring and a beaded necklace. The effigy is rendered in the refined Sicilian Greek artistic tradition, with finely modelled facial features characteristic of the late Classical period. The field is plain, with no legend or inscription, consistent with early Carthaginian coinage that relied on Syracusan artistic conventions. |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing vigorously to the right, rendered in dynamic high relief with all four legs raised in a galloping stride, conveying energy and movement. Immediately before the horse stands a stylised palm tree, its trunk composed of a beaded or segmented column and its crown rendered with broad, naturalistic fronds and pendant date clusters. A plain ground line runs beneath the composition. The field is unadorned and carries no legend, reflecting the aniconic epigraphic conventions of early Carthaginian silver coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (350 BC - 315 BC) |
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