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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2785554, member: 51347&quot;]Carthage:</p><p><br /></p><p>I just captured this Rare AR Litra from Naville.&nbsp; I was struck by its strong presence and that it matched another coin that I possessed in AV.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just a cool bit of History from a Lost Empire that was literally OBLITERATED by the Roman Republic...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]645565[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthaginians in Sicily and North Africa, </p><p>Uncertain Sicilian mint 4th C BCE.</p><p>AR Litra, 9.5mm., 0.65g. </p><p>Obv: Palm tree. </p><p>Rev: Head of horse r. </p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 74. Jenkins, Punic, Part 2, p. 31 and pl. 6, C.</p><p>Rare. Nice old cabinet tone, Good Very Fine.</p><p><i>From the E.E. Clain-Stefanelli Collection</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>I already had this in AV, but the above AR version is MUCH harder to find.</p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]645571[/ATTACH]</i></p><p>Carthage </p><p>Minted in Sicily</p><p>AV 1-10th Stater-Shekel, 0.94g 7.5mm </p><p>350-320 BCE </p><p>Obv: Palm tree. </p><p>Rev: Head of horse r. </p><p>Ref: SNG Copenhagen (Africa) 132</p><p><br /></p><p>I just thought it was cool to have similar designs / similar size coins in AV and AR.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><i>Please pile on with any cool coins from Carthage or Horses or Palm Trees, or just ANY COOL coins you have!</i></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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