Coin from Sicily | Yale University Art Gallery

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ca. 280 B.C.

Medium: Copper
Dimensions: 0.86 g, 15.4 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001
Accession Number: 2001.87.12898
Geography: Found in Malta, Made in Sicily
Culture: Punic
Period: 3rd century B.C.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: Head of Persephone l. wreath with corn wearing necklace and triple-drop ear ring

Reverse Description: Free horse standing r. in front of palm tree

Provenance

A. H. Dunscomb Colt, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

coins, money

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