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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 4827991, member: 51347&quot;]Thank you.&nbsp; I read some history of Hannibal AFTER his defeat at Zama and the loss of the 2nd Punic War (If Carthage won, would that had been the 2nd ROMAN War?)&nbsp; Hannibal was summoned back to Carthage to fix the financial mess that the Barcids created with Roman Indemnities and disorganization as a result.&nbsp; This is a coin probably used to help pay indemnities or that was a substitute for large transactions since all the Silver was going to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought it was a very cool coin.&nbsp; Then I began to really notice the very gorgeous 15-Shekel Coin that [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] had... VERY COOL.&nbsp; Although mine is not the purdiest, HAVING mine is a great feeling actually holding the History that Hannibal wrought.&nbsp; In fact, it is a more unique History as it it not when he was fighting the War, but AFTER the War when reality strikes a person...</p><p><br /></p><p>I like its contrast with my smallest coin.&nbsp; The THICKNESS of my 15-Shekels is almost twice the WIDTH of that Tetartemorion!</p><p><br /></p><p>Kinda reminds me of when they compare Earth to Jupiter.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1167826[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage</p><p>AE 15-Shekel</p><p>45mm dia, 7.5mm thick, 102.6g</p><p>vs Ionia AR Tetartemorion</p><p>4mm, 0.13g</p><p>diameter 11 to 1</p><p>Weight 789 to 1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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