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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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New Member
 United States
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I did find it in New Jersey. Thank you all for finding similar coins. The Obv. Looks like the person has a helmet of some sort. I wonder how it got to New Jersey and does it have any value in the condition that its in.
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United States
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I wanted to also say the coin is about the size of a dime but is thick.
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Moderator
 United States
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 to the community I also believe this is an ancient coin from Carthage. The bust appears to be Tanit. I'm going to move this over to the ancient coin section for more information. |
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Moderator
United States
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I believe your coin is reference Sear # 6522 AE 24, Bust of Tanit I with head and neck of a horse.
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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I think so...
A carthaginian Ae chalcos struck in the north of Africa, Syracuse or Spain...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
513 Posts |
Report it to the "History" channel and they might give you your own show complete with speculation of ancient trans-Atlantic trade :)
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
629 Posts |
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MORCILLOM-C...em4194cc7a7aSame horse style, different Tanit... according the size it must be a quarter of chalcos, this shown is an unit... before thinking in travels across the ocean before Cristobal Colón, I prefer to think in a GI Joe In WWII at Tunisia buying a little gift for his girlfriend in the USA...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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well i'll be darned....how cool is that. we had a few strange metal detecting finds posted here. I wish that coin could tell us how it ended up in jersey.
of course, I wish they all could talk.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Wow, what an interesting find.
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New Member
United States
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Funny, when I first found it I thought it was a corroded penny and I was just going to put it in the trash can at the park, but I removed some of the dirt and I could make out a bit of the horse, so I decided to take it home and clean it off. Low and behold, I have an amazing find. Thank you all for your post. Does anyone know if it still has value in its current condition?
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Pillar of the Community
Spain
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My friend "MORCILLOM" has sold one today for about 5 dollars...
It has about 2200 years of history inside, was used as small change and to pay the purchases of Hannibal´s troops...
And you has found it in a country far, far away from the mediterranean sea...
...if I were you, I would kept the coin in my collection forever.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Never throw away anything unless it's obvious trash until you clean it up and get it home.
Even corroded zinc cents can be rolled up and dropped off at the bank you hate the most >:)
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Australia
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Any identifiable ancient coin "has value", even if it's only a few dollars, which is probably about what I'd expect to pay for a piece like this; $10 max.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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New Member
United States
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I will have to keep this one. It's my oldest coin I own now. Thank you all for the information. You guys are like Google for coins.  Edited by RickV
04/27/2015 07:31 am
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