Carthago (among others) 400-350 BC AE unit 6.69 g 1.76 cm 1.76 cm
obverse: hd female ? l wreathed with grain reverse: horse prancing r S 6444, Alexandropoulos 15, Sassari 56-136, Hoover 1668, CNS III p375- Holleman munten lijst 91 (1992) 7
Common Carthage ? 375-350 BC (Hoover)
Siculo-Punic coin, 370/60-340/25 BC
Obv. head of Trittolemo?
Rev. horse prancing or galloping
Alexandropoulos (2000) unit Carthago and other mints 400-350 BC
globular flan conical flan
unit 15 (SNG 96) 14-21 mm 5.5 g 15a (SNG 97) 14-21 mm 5.5 g
1/2-unit 16 16a (SNG 98) 13 mm 1.6 g
1/4-unit 17 (Bardo 33) 10-11 mm 1.2 g 17a (Bardo 29) 10-11 mm 1.3 g
Candellieri (1989) distinguishes on account of flan and weight three different emissions:
I globular flan 5.610 g
II globular flan 4.852 g
III truncated conical flan 3.736 g
Calciati (1987) distinguishes also galloping and prancing horses
horse galloping horse prancing
GROUP I globular flan GROUP II globular flan
class I large head, 5-7 g class I large head, 5-7 g
class II smaller head class II smaller head
GROUP III flan with rounded edges GROUP IV flan with rounded edges
GROUP V truncated conical flan GROUP VI truncated conical flan
On account of weights alone only one very broad weight class can be distinguished (4.69±0.90 n=396, see Fig. below).
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