Bronze Coin - AE18, Ancient Greece - Carthage, c. 246 BC.
Obv: Head of Persephone (Tanit), left.
Rev: Horse Head and Neck, right.
(Sear G-6526) SCARCE! (18 mm, 6.8gm)
In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and the harvest goddess Demeter and queen of the underworld. Homer describes her as the formidable, venerable majestic queen of the underworld, who carries into effect the curses of men upon the souls of the dead. Persephone was abducted by Hades, the god-king of the underworld. The myth of her abduction represents her function as the personification of vegetation, which shoots forth in spring and withdraws into the earth after harvest; hence, she is also associated with spring as well as the fertility of vegetation.
