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Very nice coins!

Here is one of my recent additions...pretty old too!
AV 1/10 Stater ND struck circa 375BC Carthage Mint
Zeugetania

Hannibal would make Carthage famous later on by crushing much larger Roman Republican armies in Italian campaign.

 

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And another!
AV 2 Doppie 1626 Parma Mint
Duke Oduardo Farnesse of Piacenza

 

Hungary, 1 Ducat, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740 and, as Charles III, archduke of Austria and King of Hungary. As pretender to the throne of Spain (as Charles III), he attempted unsuccessfully to reestablish the global empire of his 16th-century ancestor Charles V. He was the author of the Pragmatic Sanction, intended to enable his daughter Maria Theresa to succeed him after the extinction of the direct male line of the House of Habsburg.

22 mm, 3.46 g
mint: Körmöcbánya, 1737
Reference: KM 306, Huszár 1586; Friedberg 171

Obverse: Charles standing right, holding scepter and globus cruciger; K B across field. CAROL VI D G R I S A GE HI H B REX = Carolus VI Dei Gratia Romanorum Imperator Semper Augustus Germaniae, Hispaniarum, Hungariae, Bohemiae Rex “Charles VI by the grace of God, Emperor of the Romans, ever Monarch, King of Germany, Castile and Leon, Hungary, and Bohemia". The kings of Castile and Leon used the title "Imperator Hispaniae")
Reverse: Crowned Virgin seated facing on crescent within aureole, holding scepter and Holy Infant; in exergue, crowned royal coat-of-arms; date 1737 in legend
PATRONA REGNI HUNGARIAE (Patron Saint of the Kingdom of Hungary)

 

Talk about real old gold. Nice ones!!!!

 

Here is another Karl VI....bought it as an unsold lot

AV 1/6 Dukat 1739 N-B Nagybanya Mint/ Hungary
Emperor Karl VI 1711-40
MS-65

 

Probably posted this one before but the trueview is new and she's purty

 

Arrived today. Last of the $5 Liberty gold (when 5 bucks bought 5 bucks, I suppose).

 

How about a contemporary counterfeit? (Seller’s Photos)

This 1854 counterfeit (Brass Planchet) was probably made in the 1850’s or 60’s.

 

Rattler MS63

 

Some nice old gold here, gang!

 

Axum
AV 1/3 Aureus (Unit) struck circa 270-300AD
King Enduybis
Obtained from Goldberg Auction

Axum was an ancient Empire that was made of modern day Ethiopia/ Eritrea/ Somalia/ Oman/ Yemen. All Azumite coins are rare.

 

Curious of the size of this piece.
Holy cow!!! Absolutely gorgeous coins on this thread. Drooling...

 

This arrived today.

 

@Santinidollar

Cool, a 66 comes always nice

That's my new US gold coin.

 

pcgs au58, some rough planchet on the right side. nice orange gold color. The dark line on the reverse is a light mark you can't see unless the light is angled just so. as in my photos.

 

Nice! I still need a Type 2 AV Dollar.

 

Glad you like her. 58's appear with some regularity, be alert!

 

Here is my MS-68
AV 1/4 Dukaten ND struck 1750
City of Basel

These show Dukaten ranged from my 1/4 Dukaten to the massive 30 Dukaten (105g.) One sold recently for 1.6 Million Sfrcs.

 

This arrived today. Last of Liberty gold quarter eagles.