Tetradrachm of Carthage in a Modern Tie Pin

Coin: 310-290 BCE or modern; Pin: 20th century (Coin: Early Hellenistic or modern. Pin: Modern)

2.2 cm 8.4 cm

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Obverse: Head of Tanit, wreathed with grain, wearing necklace and pendant earrings, left; beaded border. Reverse: Horse standing right; beaded border. This coin is unusually thick (0.2 cm) and may be a modern fake or replica. It is mounted by six claws to a reinforced gold ci...

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Mrs. John Russell Pope [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1947, by gift.
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