Shekel with a War Elephant in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, January 2018

Shekel of Carthage (?) with head of Melqart
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 220–210 B.C.

Mint: Zeugitania, Carthage (?)

Medium/Technique: Silver

Dimensions: Diameter: 23.5 mm. Weight: 7.01 gm. Die Axis: 12

Credit Line: Theodora Wilbour Fund in memory of Zoë Wilbour

Accession Number: 1996.105

Collections: Ancient Greece and Rome

Classifications: Numismatics – Coins

Description:

Obverse: Laureate head of Melqart, to left.
Reverse: Elephant walking right.

Inscription in Punic.

Provenance: By date unknown: with Leu Numismatik AG, In Gassen 20, Zurich, Switzerland (Leu Numismatik auction 65, Hotel Savoy-Baur en Ville, Zurich, May 21-22, 1996, lot 117); purchased at the Leu auction on behalf of MFA by Leu Numismatik AG; June 26, 1996: purchased by MFA from Leu Numismatik AG

Text from: collections.mfa.org/objects/161951/shekel-of-carthage--with-head-of-melqart