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Greek and Roman Provinical: Coin of Zeugitana, Carthage
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Teresa Gilmore, 2014-06-09 13:15:36
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Greek and Roman Provinical: Coin of Zeugitana, Carthage
Description
English: A complete base silver (billon) / copper alloy two shekel coin of Carthage, in the region of Zeugitana, dating to about 264-241 BC (period of the First Punic War), Head of Tanit / Horse standing right. SNG Copenhagen, pl 7, cf. 190; J. Alexandropopoulos, Les Monnaies de l'Afrique antique, p. 372, cf. no. 44. These coins are normally listed as base silver (billon) and the metal analysis below supports this, with 17.07% silver.

Diameter: 24.1 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 9.5 g

Coin was tested using a Bruker Mistral MI XRF machine and was found to contain 17.07% Ag (Silver); 82.14% Cu (Copper); 0.54% Fe (Iron) and 0.24% Sn (Tin).
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 264 BC and 241 BC
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FindID: 621125
Old ref: WMID-5A3B3C
Filename: WMID-5A3B3C.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/471759
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/471759/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/621125
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