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Carthage Tanit / Horse & Palm Bronze Trishekel

Specimen · carthage-tanit-horse-palm-trishekel-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — head of Tanit left, wreathed with grain ears
Reverse
Reverse — horse standing right, palm tree behind, Punic letter bet (𐤁) in field

Attribution: North Africa (Zeugitana). Carthage. Carthage. c. 264–241 BC (First Punic War). AE. trishekel.

Obverse: Head of Tanit (in the Persephone/Kore manner) left, wreathed with grain ears, wearing triple-pendant earring and pearl necklace

Reverse: Horse standing right, head raised; date palm with fruit clusters behind; Punic control letter bet (𐤁) in the field

Weight: 18.97 g (tag) (From the dealer tag; not independently re-weighed.)  Reference: SNG Copenhagen 253–254 var.

Related Coin Images

Related
This coin as CNG Electronic Auction 594, lot 19, closed 27 August 2025 — CNG’s primary catalog photo, tightly cropped. See My Notes section for more info.
Image source & licence

Image: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (cngcoins.com), used courtesy of CNG.

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Second CNG photo of the same lot (EA 594, lot 19) — the coin on CNG’s gray studio background, where the flan’s edge profile and the red-brown deposits read especially clearly.
Image source & licence

Image: Classical Numismatic Group, LLC (cngcoins.com), used courtesy of CNG.

Type-level historical context, attribution detail, and references → Carthage Tanit / Horse & Palm Bronze Trishekel

John's Ancient Coin Collection · Specimen · carthage-tanit-horse-palm-trishekel-001

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