Record ID: LIN-C0E9D7 - GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL coin

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Coin

Unique ID: LIN-C0E9D7

Object type certainty: Certain

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Copper alloy unit of the Carthaginian Empire, struck in Sardinia c. 300-264BC.

Reference: SNG Copenhagen, Africa, pl.6, no. 173

Notes:

Carthaginian and Numidian coins are occasionally found in Britain, dating from the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. A Numidian piece was found in excavations at Carn Brea in Cornwall and two smaller Carthaginian coins were in the temple assemblage from Castle Combe / North Wraxall Wiltshire (Report by Sam Moorhead in the Wiltshire Heritage Museum). Most recently, several similar coins have been recorded in Kent by David Holman (Britannia XXXVI, 2005, p. 5, fig. 2, no. 14, and p. 11ff). Traditionally, it has been assumed that these coins reflect the tin trade between South West Britain and the Mediterranean.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
Period from: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa 264 BC

Dimensions and weight

Thickness: 2 mm
Diameter: 18 mm
Quantity: 1

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Fragment [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Coin data (numismatics)

Obverse description: Head of Tanit left, wearing wreath with corn-ears and pendant necklace
Reverse description: Horse's head right; to right, palm-tree
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Lincolnshire
District: West Lindsey
To be known as: Lincolnshire Wolds

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]

Personal details

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Recorded by: Adam Daubney - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Mr Sam Moorhead - [view all attributed records]

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