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Message:: [QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3102302, member: 51347"]The only DEKADRACHM that I have is not AR, rather EL:[ATTACH=full]785297[/ATTACH]Carthage Zeugitana 310-270 BCE EL Dekadrachm-Stater 18.5mm 7.27g Tanit Horse 3 pellets in ex MAA 12 SNG COP 136 I do not have a Philip II AV Stater (on my top target list!), but I do have his AR TET:[ATTACH=full]785299[/ATTACH] Makedon Philip II Tet Pella LIFETIME 353-349 Zeus Horse star spearhd Le Rider 102 Ptolemy I Soter TET:[ATTACH=full]785300[/ATTACH] Egypt Ptolemy I Soter Tet Delta bankers marks Hmmm,  Carthage, got BUNCHES, but not a DekaDRACHM (They used SHEKELS!  Roughly TWICE a Drachm!)  Here is their LAST Shekel that they minted before going extinct:[ATTACH=full]785301[/ATTACH]Carthage Third Punic War Serrate Double Shekel 149-146 BCE 12.8g 26mm Wreathd Tanit-Horse pellet raised leg SNG COP 404 Hannibal?  LOL, pretty hard to get his face and Elephant...Here is an AR HALF-SHEKEL produced in Bruttium when Hannibal Occupied them during the Second Punic War:[ATTACH=full]785302[/ATTACH]Bruttium Carthage occup 2nd Punic War AR Half-Shekel 216-211 Tanit Horse SOLAR-O HN Italy 2016 SNG Cop 361-3 ROMAN AS:[ATTACH=full]785303[/ATTACH] RR Anon AE As after 211 BC Janus I Prow Cr 56-2 Sear 627[/QUOTE]