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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TIF, post: 1854295, member: 56859&quot;]<b>2nd century BC:</b>&nbsp; One of my very <i>very</i> favorite coins, a 15 shekel bronze coin from Carthage.&nbsp; Still trying to take a great picture, can&#039;t seem to capture it with just one shot.&nbsp; So I&#039;ll post several <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Can&#039;t believe I got it.&nbsp; I saw it on Great Collections and held my breath for a week, planning a big snipe at the end.&nbsp; Put in the big bid in the last few seconds and won.&nbsp; <b>No one else even bid!</b>&nbsp; Baffling.&nbsp; The only reason I can think of is that most ancient collectors don&#039;t even bother looking at the few ancients ever offered on GC, which are usually ordinary, slabbed, and overvalued.&nbsp; Thankfully this one wasn&#039;t slabbed although it was sent for grading.&nbsp; Photocert had a notation as to why it wasn&#039;t slabbed:&nbsp; &quot;too big&quot;.&nbsp; Uh, <i>yeah</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Zeugitana, Carthage </b></p><p>early 2nd century BC</p><p>15 Shekel</p><p>45 mm, 95 gm</p><p>Obverse: head of Tanit left</p><p>Reverse: horse standing right, left foreleg up; uraeus above</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]310395[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]310396[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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