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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2804776, member: 51347&quot;]Agreed... Gold gets folks attention.</p><p><br /></p><p>I tell them that this is the <b>FIRST GOLD coin</b> minted for major commerce/government payments (earlier electrum coins are gold/silver natural mix).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]654861[/ATTACH]</p><p>PERSIA Achaemenid Daris I-Xerxes II 485-420 BC AV Daric 14mm 8.3g LydoMilesian Sardes king wearing kidaris kandys quiver spear bow Incuse Carr Type IIIb Group A-B pl XIII 27</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And <b>Horsey&#039;s</b> always win...</p><p>[ATTACH=full]654863[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitana 310-270 BCE EL Dekadrachm-Stater 18.5mm 7.27g Tanit Horse 3 pellets in ex MAA 12 SNG COP 136</p><p>(Photo credit: [USER=44140]@Ancientnoob[/USER])</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Caesar&#039;s last two weeks of life </b>prior to his assassination... (yeah, so-called casual history experts know who HE is...)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]654864[/ATTACH]</p><p>RImp Julius Caesar Lifetime P Sepullius Macer AR Den1st 2 weeks-Mar 44 BCE 4.03g. CAESAR – DICT PERPETVO Veiled - Venus Victory sceptre star Syd 1074a Sear Imperators 107e Cr 480-14 Rare -2</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The <b>tiniest coin</b> that I have is always fun to show and talk about:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]654866[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ionia AR Tetartemorion 4mm 0.13g 530-500 BCE Rosette - Incuse sq punch 5 pellets SNG von Aulock 1807</p><p>(Thanks [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] , my good-buddy coin-pimp)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And...my <b>BIGGEST Stamped Coin</b> that I possess:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]654870[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage AE 15-Shekel <b>45mm dia 7.5mm thick 102.6g</b> 201-175 BCE Hannibal Tanit 4-hooves down Horse SNG Cop 400 RARE R1[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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