Inventory Number: | N 16191 | |
Section Number: | Ζ-1 | |
Category: | Coin | |
Description: | Forgery: the metal has a pitted, cast look, and the weight is less than half of what it should be. Found in the cellar of a modern house. | |
Notes: | Coin no. 1. Casts stored in Lab Case No. 52D | |
Context: | Cellar of house 632β/3 (632b/3). | |
Obverse: | Head of Persephone-Tanit; around, three dolphins. | |
Reverse: | Horse's head l.; behind, palm tree; below, traces of Punic inscription. | |
Notebook Page: | 43 | |
Negatives: | 91-3-33 | |
Weight: | 7.33 | |
Denomination: | Tetradrachm | |
Die Axis: | 1:30 | |
Material: | Silver | |
Metal: | Silver | |
Chronology: | 4th c. B.C. | |
Date: | 31 December 1932 | |
Section: | Ζ | |
Period: | Greek | |
Region: | Sicily | |
Authority: | Siculo-Punic Coinage, Forgery | |
Bibliography: | Agora XXVI, p. 291, Appendix A:b, pl. 32:b. | |
References: | Publication: Agora XXVI Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 317, p. 291 Publication Page: Agora 26, s. 364, p. 338 Image: 2012.77.1703 (91-3-33) Notebook: Ζ-1 Notebook Page: Ζ-1-26 (pp. 43-44) Card: Ζ-1 |