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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3760738, member: 51347&quot;]Nice job, [USER=91461]@Ryro[/USER] ... now NO young collectors will EVER join!&nbsp; You scared them all off!</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Great thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>Although this coin is fairly difficult to capture, it has a generally creepy look to it... with the <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">super scraggly lion looking as if he crawled out of a grave, and Melkart-Herakles looking very creepy... </span></i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Actually, Herakles&#039; ruddy nose is the remnant of an overstrike (understrike coin), that [USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] graciously discovered the mystery coin underneath! (Thank you so much again).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1007563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Carthage-LIBYAN UPRISING - Mercenaries issue</p><p>Mercenary War 241-238 BCE</p><p>7.36g AR DiShekel</p><p>Herakles Head in Lion&#039;s Head-</p><p>Lion walking; Punic M above; LIBYA below</p><p>R SNG Cop 240f</p><p><br /></p><p>Coins were struck in the name of Libya and &quot;M&quot;, which has been taken as either &quot;machanat&quot; - the Camp (of the mercenaries), or perhaps Matho, their leader.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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