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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 2765866, member: 56859&quot;]Sev-A:&nbsp; those are definitely some excellent historical figures! As for your Punic quarter shekel, I&#039;ve seen worse (see below <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>AJ:&nbsp; <i>fantastic</i> upgrade <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the first months of collecting I bought what may be the ugliest known Punic quarter shekel <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie10" alt=":oops:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.&nbsp; At the time, I couldn&#039;t imagine ever being willing to spend more for an even halfway decent example.&nbsp; Oh how things have changed but the price of a good example is still daunting.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/hannibalelephantquartershekelmed-jpg.318997/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>IBERIA, Punic Iberia</b></p><p>c. 237-209 BCE</p><p>AR 1/4 shekel</p><p>Obv: laureate bust of male (Hannibal?&nbsp; Melqart? Herakles?) with club left</p><p>Rev: Elephant walking right; dotted border</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; La Monedas Hispano-Cartaginesas, 45-58</p><p><br /></p><p>This Cleopatra VII bronze is very nice at first glance but there is some tooling-- a common problem on her coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; It was more pronounced after I removed the &quot;makeup&quot; from the crevices.&nbsp; It wasn&#039;t from dealer A or dealer Z but in retrospect maybe it was consigned to the auction by one of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]636849[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>EGYPT,&nbsp; Ptolemaic dynasty.&nbsp;&nbsp; Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera</b></p><p>51-30 BCE</p><p>AE 40 drachmae</p><p>Obv: Diademed and draped bust right</p><p>Rev:&nbsp; KΛEOΠATPAΣ BΑΣΙΛΙΣΣHΣ, Diademed and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; double cornucopiae to left, M (mark of value) to right</p><p>Ref:&nbsp; Svoronos 1872; Weiser 184-5; SNG Copenhagen 422-4[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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