GREEK CARTHAGINIAN LUNAR MOTHER GODDESS BRONZE COIN PENDANT

IN 14KY GOLD

221 - 210 B.C.

Large and classic, this magnificent GENUINE ancient Greek bronze coin featuring the lunar mother goddess Tanit, is not just a unique piece of jewelry - it is wearable genuine ancient art!  The solid 14k yellow gold Greek key design pendant frame wonderfully compliments the bold and simplistic rendering of the mother goddess' head.  The coin is well-preserved with wonderful detail and patina - a dark copper brown.  Definitely a one-of-kind ancient masterpiece that you can bet no one will be showing up at the party wearing one like it!  Extremely aesthetic and unique.

This Greek coin was minted in Carthage, the ancient Phoenician and later Greek city-state in North Africa.  The patron and chief deity of the colony was Tanit, a lunar goddess and a mother goddess known to bestow fertility.  Tanit was the name given by the Carthaginians also to the moon which transforms its face from pale to bright to invisible as it moves through the lunar phases.  The multi-personality of the moon also was personified in Tanit.  She represented Love and Death, Creation and Destruction, Tenderness and Cruelty, Protection and Betrayal.  The glyphic symbol drawn in ancient times to represent her was an equilateral triangle with a horizontal line and a disc, resembling an abstract female human figure.  Numerous statuettes of Tanit have been found which represent her naked with her hands squeezing her breast or holding a baby.  Such a symbol and the statuettes were not only an artistic-religious expressions, but were shown in the houses as symbol of fertility.

A true masterpiece combination of fine jewelry craftsmanship and GENUINE ancient art!  HIGHLY recommended and one of a kind.

Overall diameter is IMPRESSIVELY LARGE at 33 mm!

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