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Carthago (among others) 400-350 BC AE unit 2.23 g 1.45 cm 1.52 cm 2h

obverse: hd Tanit l wreathed with corn
reverse: horse stg r palm-tree in background, three pellets in front
Alexandropoulos p366 18f
Munthandel G. Henzen list 129 (2002) 384 vw 495, 58 euro

Jenkins-Lewis (1963) Appendix 3 pp 132-134
describe 16 varieties on account of pellet patterns

obv.rev.
1.no marksno marks
3.50 g Henzen 12/93 66
2.76 g Holleman 104 28
2.43 g Holleman April 1996 g
2.pellet above back
3.pellet behind hd pellet at the fore foot
4no marks pellet in front
5.two pellets in front
6.some pellet on leafthree pellets in front
2.23 g Henzen 129 (2002) 384
7.pellet behind hd
8.pellet in front of hd three pellets at the fore foot
9.three pellets above back
10.three pellets in a row in front
11.four pellets behind fore legs
12.four pellets in front
13.some pellet behind hdthree pellets in front, one pellet at the fore foot
2.43 g Holleman 106 29
14.three pellets in front, one pellet behind fore legs
15.three pellets in front, two pellets in front of the fore legs
16.three pellets in a row in front, three pellets below fore legs


according to Henzen:
221-218 BC (Hannibal) AE16 Carthago Nova, Cop. 119, hd Kore (Tanit) l / horse stg r