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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3101906, member: 56859"]They get pricey pretty fast as quality and/or denomination increases. A few of us have the general type (I have an absolute bottom-of-the-barrel quarter shekel). [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] has a superb Second Punic War shekel.</p><p><br /></p><p>CNG has a very large archive and you can find some of these rare Carthage shekels (and fractions of shekels, and multi-shekel denomination) elephant reverse coins. <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=3&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=carthage+shekel+elephant&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=3&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=carthage+shekel+elephant&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">Here's the search results for "Carthage shekel elephant"</a> (you'll need to click the different tabs near the top left to see all of them-- coin shop, e-auction, print auction).</p><p><br /></p><p>These Carthage elephant shekels are very sought after not only because of the attractive design but because of the history it represents. The obverse of the coin depicts Melkart (on some coins the portrait is said to be Hannibal portrayed as Melkart). You might recall learning about the Punic Wars with Hannibal and his war elephants.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it's just the elephant you want, there are other far less expensive ancient coin elephants. <a href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=3&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=2&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=elephant&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=3&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=2&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=elephant&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1" rel="nofollow">Here's the search result list for a CNG search for "elephant"</a>, without specifying the metal, issuer, or anything else.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 3101906, member: 56859"]They get pricey pretty fast as quality and/or denomination increases. A few of us have the general type (I have an absolute bottom-of-the-barrel quarter shekel). [USER=44357]@AncientJoe[/USER] has a superb Second Punic War shekel. CNG has a very large archive and you can find some of these rare Carthage shekels (and fractions of shekels, and multi-shekel denomination) elephant reverse coins. [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=3&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=1&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=carthage+shekel+elephant&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1']Here's the search results for "Carthage shekel elephant"[/URL] (you'll need to click the different tabs near the top left to see all of them-- coin shop, e-auction, print auction). These Carthage elephant shekels are very sought after not only because of the attractive design but because of the history it represents. The obverse of the coin depicts Melkart (on some coins the portrait is said to be Hannibal portrayed as Melkart). You might recall learning about the Punic Wars with Hannibal and his war elephants. If it's just the elephant you want, there are other far less expensive ancient coin elephants. [URL='https://www.cngcoins.com/Search.aspx?PAGE_NUM=&PAGE=1&TABS_TYPE=3&CONTAINER_TYPE_ID=2&IS_ADVANCED=1&ITEM_DESC=elephant&ITEM_IS_SOLD=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_1=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_3=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_2=1&SEARCH_IN_CONTAINER_TYPE_ID_4=1']Here's the search result list for a CNG search for "elephant"[/URL], without specifying the metal, issuer, or anything else.[/QUOTE]
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