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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3554924, member: 56859&quot;]I probably &quot;overpay&quot; as often as I cherrypick.... but this is my most memorable cherrypick:&nbsp; a giant 15-shekel bronze from Carthage, affectionately dubbed the Peanut Butter Cup <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 2013 I spotted it in an auction house that deals mostly in US and world coins (slabbed coins).&nbsp; To that customer base, this &quot;ugly&quot; chunk of bronze was a joke.&nbsp; To me it was an incredible find.&nbsp; The opening bid was $350... quite low compared to the handful of other examples (and the other examples are of the still rare but more often seen variety in which the horse&#039;s foreleg is not raised).&nbsp; I planned my max and waited until the final seconds... and won it for opening!&nbsp; Very few ancient collectors look at the site, although more do these days.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cointalk.com%2Fproxy.php%3Fimage%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.cointalk.com%252Fproxy.php%253Fimage%253Dhttps%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.cointalk.com%25252Fproxy.php%25253Fimage%25253Dhttps%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fwww.cointalk.com%2525252Fproxy.php%2525253Fimage%2525253Dhttps%252525253A%252525252F%252525252Fstatic.wixstatic.com%252525252Fmedia%252525252Fae43f8_6d55f90db02845a1b703055c500baeee.jpg%252525252Fv1%252525252Ffill%252525252Fw_1020%252525252Ch_503%252525252Cal_c%252525252Clg_1%252525252Cq_90%252525252Fae43f8_6d55f90db02845a1b703055c500baeee.jpg%25252526hash%2525253D3d4ab3cd50b7c7c5c49a83b3ffb82270%252526hash%25253D6a96e941b8502316aa38606ab88112a7%2526hash%253Db71a6dc12e25ad4456fe2e2a8713590b%26hash%3D0ce266d961ceb4a6023e8042b9998322&amp;hash=281e92b4a1f9f4931d1168348a8f457c" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b>ZEUGITANA, Carthage</b></p><p>early 2nd century BCE</p><p>AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm</p><p>Obv: wreathed head of Tanit left</p><p>Rev: horse standing right, left foreleg up; Flying Spaghetti Monster solar disk with uraei above</p><p>Ref: Alexandropoulos J (2000) Les monnaies de l&#039;Afrique Antique, 103; Müller L (1861) Numismatique de L&#039;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><i>Graded by NGC but not slabbed.&nbsp; Reason:&nbsp; &quot;size&quot;&nbsp; (duh!) <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s my heaviest struck coin-- as thick as a Reese&#039;s PBC and almost the same diameter <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/reesespbshekel-jpg.483339/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/zeuginhandside_edited-1-jpg.409942/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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