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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 26314929, member: 51347&quot;]<b><span style="color: #b30000">I collect Modern Gold (worldwide).&nbsp; However, I collect Ancients and have a few Golds... </span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000">AV</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680157[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>PERSIA, Achaemenid Empire. </b><i>temp.<b> Darios I to Xerxes II. </b></i>Circa 485-420 BC. AV Daric (14mm, 8.30 g). Lydo-Milesian standard. Sardes mint. Persian king or hero, wearing <i>kidaris</i> and <i>kandys</i>, quiver over shoulder, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left / Incuse punch. Carradice Type IIIb, Group A/B (pl. XIII, 27); Meadows, <i>Administration</i> 321; BMC Arabia pl. XXIV, 26. VF. Well centered and struck.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680158[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Carthage </b>- Zeugitana AV 1-10th Stater-Shekel 350-320 BCE 0.94g 7.5mm Palm- Horse Head SNG COP 132</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680159[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Ottoman Empire</b></p><p>Kostantiniye, (Istambul)</p><p>Suleyman I (The Magnificent) (r. AD 1520- 1566)</p><p>AV Sultani 20 mm x 3.36 grams Dated ( AH 926 or AD 1520)</p><p>Obverse: Sultan Süleyman Shah bin Sultan Selim Shah, Azze nasruhu, dhuribe fi qustantiniyah , seneh (926)-(Sultan Süleyman Shah son of Sultan Selim Shah, May his Victory be Glorious struck in Constantinople Year (AH 926) )</p><p>Reverse:Reverse : Dharibun-Nadri sahibbul izzi vennasri filberri velbahr-(Striker of the Glittering, Master of Might Victory and of Land and the Sea.)</p><p>Ref: Album -1317</p><p><br /></p><p>Suleiman the Magnificent CE 1520-1566 </p><p>AV Sultani </p><p>Constantinople mint 1520 </p><p>20mm 3.4g</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #b30000"><b>EL</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680162[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Africa, Zeugitana, Carthage</b></p><p>EL Stater (also circulated as a Dekadrachm)</p><p>Anonymous, BCE 310-290</p><p>18.5 mm x 7.27 g</p><p>Obv: Grain-Wreathed head of Tanit left, triple-pendant earring and necklace; pellet before neck</p><p>Rev: Horse standing right; two pellets below ground line</p><p>Ref: Jenkins &amp; Lewis Group V, 259–79; MAA 12; SNG Copenhagen 136</p><p><br /></p><p><b>COMMENTS:&nbsp; </b>Carthage was a Phoenician city-state situated in North Africa.&nbsp; Historically founded in 814 BCE by citizens of Tyre, it lasted until 146 BCE. During the 7th to 3rd Century BCE, the Carthaginian Empire covered much of North Africa and the Western Mediterranean. Carthage struggled through Greek-Punic Wars between 600-265 BCE over Sicily, and further, fought the well known three Punic Wars with the Roman Republic. The last Punic war resulted in their complete and utter destruction in 146 BCE.</p><p>When this Stater was issued 310-290 BCE, Carthage was at the zenith of its power.&nbsp; It was during the Third Greek War in Sicily that Hamilcar, Grandson of Hanno had taken virtually all of Sicily.&nbsp; Syracuse was the last stronghold that Carthage did not control, and they laid siege. In desperation, Agathokles the Tyrant of Syracuse, lead 14,000 troops to the Carthage homeland in North Africa during 310 BCE.&nbsp; He won some victories but by 307 BCE Agathokles was completely defeated.</p><p>This EL Stater may had been raised to finance the War with Agathokles, particularly when he invaded the Carthaginian homeland in North Africa.&nbsp; It was probably the first time Carthage was seriously attacked at home. The Electrum Stater, according to Jenkins was worth a ration of 10-1 silver to Electrum (Dekadrachm), during the reign of Agathokles. The production of EL Staters to finance Hamilcar&#039;s Army was critical for the successful defense of Carthage. The issue probably continued on during the height of Carthage&#039;s power and before the First Punic war with Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1680160[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Japan Meiji Era </b>AV-AR Ingot 1868-1869 Nibu Kin Samurai Shogun Paulonia Chrys[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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