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<p>[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 7595146, member: 116882"]For Carthaginian AV staters and EL shekels, a key feature for attribution in <i>Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins </i>is the location of the small pellets in relation to the horse on the reverse like on your coin. Yours looks the most like an EL shekel, J&L Group V - particularly #298-306 because of the style and the 4 pellets in a square below the exergual line just in front of the left hindleg. However, I do not find a specific die match for the obverse or reverse. The obverse is very similar in style but the 298-306 obverses usually have a pellet just to the left of the pendant necklace. (very faint on some) No AV staters or EL shekels of any group have 3 pellets in a line to the right of the left foreleg like on your coin but they could be off the flan if struck off center.</p><p> For comparison, you can get several images of J&L 298-306 by searching ACsearch for "Carthage EL V [number]" where the number is 298 to 306.</p><p> As you can see from Aiden's photos of the weight/SG tables, 7.7 gm would be at the extreme upper limit for group V and the SG should not exceed 65%.</p><p> So, the image and information you provided does not fit with the series which raises questions about authenticity. How comfortable are you with the accuracy of the weight and your hydrostatic weighing technique? Another good question is how comfortable are you with where you obtained the coin?</p><p> While the book was breakthrough research for attribution and very thorough, not all die varieties are not included due to the large number. If the weights are not accurate and re-measurement is more in line with Group V, I guess there is a possibility of unrecorded dies.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 7595146, member: 116882"]For Carthaginian AV staters and EL shekels, a key feature for attribution in [I]Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins [/I]is the location of the small pellets in relation to the horse on the reverse like on your coin. Yours looks the most like an EL shekel, J&L Group V - particularly #298-306 because of the style and the 4 pellets in a square below the exergual line just in front of the left hindleg. However, I do not find a specific die match for the obverse or reverse. The obverse is very similar in style but the 298-306 obverses usually have a pellet just to the left of the pendant necklace. (very faint on some) No AV staters or EL shekels of any group have 3 pellets in a line to the right of the left foreleg like on your coin but they could be off the flan if struck off center. For comparison, you can get several images of J&L 298-306 by searching ACsearch for "Carthage EL V [number]" where the number is 298 to 306. As you can see from Aiden's photos of the weight/SG tables, 7.7 gm would be at the extreme upper limit for group V and the SG should not exceed 65%. So, the image and information you provided does not fit with the series which raises questions about authenticity. How comfortable are you with the accuracy of the weight and your hydrostatic weighing technique? Another good question is how comfortable are you with where you obtained the coin? While the book was breakthrough research for attribution and very thorough, not all die varieties are not included due to the large number. If the weights are not accurate and re-measurement is more in line with Group V, I guess there is a possibility of unrecorded dies.[/QUOTE]
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