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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 3557593, member: 56859&quot;]Sorry, Rob... I have merely assumed that the name of &quot;15 shekel&quot; is a modern appellation born from a desire to label everything and for ease of discussion.</p><p><br /></p><p>As [USER=51347]@Alegandron[/USER] mentioned earlier, these coins were likely produced at a time when Carthage was scrambling to pay war reparations to Rome without having access to their silver mines, hence the expediency of an unusually large bronze coin.&nbsp; Alegandron, do you have any references for this?&nbsp; I&#039;m not sure I&#039;ve seen any primary sources or research.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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