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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7541782, member: 56859"]Congrats, David! Love the side view <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I felt like I won the lottery when I won this coin as the sole bidder. Unfortunately for the seller (estate?), it was not at all the right venue for the coin and that was my good fortune. It remains a favorite, affectionately called the PBC (for Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, which it truly resembles).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/zeugitana-carthage15shekel-1000-edit-jpg.409941/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ZEUGITANA, Carthage</b></p><p>early 2nd century BCE</p><p>AE 15-shekel, <b>45 mm, 95 gm</b></p><p>Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left</p><p>Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei (or is that the Flying Spaghetti Monster?) above</p><p>Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/reesespbshekel-jpg.483339/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>It's as big as an island <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/zeuginhandside_edited-1-jpg.409942/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another puck: 48 mm bronze from the Ptolemaic dynasty, 3rd century BCE. My smallest coin is atop-- that a 5 mm Macedonian monkey from ~500 BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_660%2Ch_660%2Cal_c%2Clg_1%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg&hash=4dbaf6db84e302719cfdf430b8abbcc3" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 7541782, member: 56859"]Congrats, David! Love the side view :). I felt like I won the lottery when I won this coin as the sole bidder. Unfortunately for the seller (estate?), it was not at all the right venue for the coin and that was my good fortune. It remains a favorite, affectionately called the PBC (for Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, which it truly resembles). [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/zeugitana-carthage15shekel-1000-edit-jpg.409941/[/IMG] [B]ZEUGITANA, Carthage[/B] early 2nd century BCE AE 15-shekel, [B]45 mm, 95 gm[/B] Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; solar disk with uraei (or is that the Flying Spaghetti Monster?) above Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l'Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L'Ancienne Afrique, 131; Luynes 3782; Jenkins GK and Lewis RB (1963) Carthaginian Gold and Electrum Coins, Royal Numismatic Society, London, pl. 28 12 [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/reesespbshekel-jpg.483339/[/IMG] It's as big as an island :D [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/zeuginhandside_edited-1-jpg.409942/[/IMG] Another puck: 48 mm bronze from the Ptolemaic dynasty, 3rd century BCE. My smallest coin is atop-- that a 5 mm Macedonian monkey from ~500 BCE. [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fstatic.wixstatic.com%2Fmedia%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg%2Fv1%2Ffill%2Fw_660%2Ch_660%2Cal_c%2Clg_1%2Cq_90%2Fae43f8_c9133287db5443c88e0a781d31f8900a.jpg&hash=4dbaf6db84e302719cfdf430b8abbcc3[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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