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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 8376244, member: 86498&quot;]Now that I think of it I did buy a coin that the vendor had badly misidentified.</p><p>Ar Quarter Shekel 221-209 BC Obv Head ob beardless Herakles left laureate club behind&nbsp; Rv Elephant advancing right. MHC 47 1.65 grms 14 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1486453[/ATTACH]Back in 1996 I was looking through an auction which came early enough for me to actually study the coins with some care. Almost immediately I saw this coin which was described as being minted by some obscure Numidian king. I recognized it as a QuarterShekel minted at&nbsp; Carthago Nova at the time that Hannibal controlled Spain. In some enthusiastic sources the image on the obverse is said to have the &quot;features of Hannibal&quot; I cannot say as to where the German firm got the attribution they used however Sear GCV has been out for a number of year by that time. Needless to say I went after the coin and won it.</p><p>&nbsp;Even though I really hate preaching, I should add that I discovered this error because I owned a copy of Sear GCV. I believe that everyone contemplating getting into and staying in this hobby should spend some effort creating a working library. My books have added value to my collection. With them I get to avoid and/or profit from the mistakes of others. So ended the sermon.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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