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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3104016, member: 51347&quot;]Your Bruttium was a War issue under Hannibal&#039;s occupation.&nbsp; Curious.&nbsp; Perhaps this was a later issue with him skimping gold when combined with the silver.&nbsp; If it were natural EL, perhaps it was a diluted ore.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is the only Electrum that I have now, and no, it is not of any of the Punic Wars.&nbsp; Rather, it was minted during the heady days of the Carthage Empire prior to any of the Punic Wars:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]786181[/ATTACH]</p><p>Carthage Zeugitana 350-270 BCE EL Dekadrachm-Stater 18.5mm 7.27g Tanit Horse 3 pellets in ex MAA 10 SNG COP137 SNG Sicily 975</p><p><br /></p><p>I have not performed a SG Test on this yet.&nbsp; However, in-hand, it clearly has a very gold look to it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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