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Siculo-Punic
3.3DistrictCertain4235WMID1485524.1-241Lapley, Stretton and Wheaton Astonx109524263519659.5carthageSouth Staffordshire11729Double shekel2018-02-19T15:33:32ZReturned to finderWest MidlandsCircaCertain
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).
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