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Zeugitana, Carthage, AV stater, circa 320-310 BC, early war issue, Jenkins-Lewis Plate Coin, ex-Brit

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Zeugitana, Carthage, AV stater, circa 320-310 BC, early war issue, Jenkins-Lewis Plate Coin, ex-Brit
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Zeugitana, Carthage, AV stater, circa 320-310 BC, early war issue, Jenkins-Lewis Plate Coin, ex-British Museum, ex-1925 Orrestano hoard. Jenkins & Lewis 187 (this coin). 7.52 grams. Head of Tanit to left, wearing grain wreath, triple pendant earring and necklace of oblong pendants / Horse standing right. A bold and attractive piece with a fine horse. Nearly XF. Tanit was a Phoenician lunar goddess, worshiped as the patron goddess at Carthage. Tanit was a heavenly goddess of war, a virginal mother and nurse, and a symbol of fertility. XRF reading: 88.34% gold, 11.09% silver, traces of copper and iron. Pedigreed to the Orrestano (Sardinia) Hoard of 1925 (IGCH 2264), the British Museum collection (deaccessed as a duplicate), then acquired from H. J. Berk in 2000, and finally pedigreed to the Nomos (Zurich) auction of May 8, 2012 (lot 29), plated in Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins (1963), by G.K. Jenkins and R.B. Lewis.