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orkneycoins New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 10/05/2020 05:58 am Hi, I'm new to coin collecting and interested in Carthaginian empire coins. It appears to me that the ones they minted for Sicily are of a higher quality than in Carthage. (At least the ones I have seen online so far.) Is that true? If so why? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/05/2020 05:59 am to the community. Report this Post to the Staff
John1 Moderator United States 56855 Posts	Posted 10/05/2020 09:14 am to CCF. Not my area,but members in the know will help you soon. John1 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 10/05/2020 8:58 pm Both Carthage and Rome, like Egypt, Persia and many other non-Greek civilizations, were slow to take up this new-fangled Greek invention called "coinage". But the locals on Sicily were Greek colonists and had a fully developed coinage system before either the Romans or Carthaginians arrived. The Carthaginian colonists simply copied the coinage systems of their Greek neighbours. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3439 Posts	Posted 10/06/2020 09:42 am Carthage like every other empire in history had two primary objectives in expanding into a neighbor National security (do unto others before they do unto you !) and to collect all those beautiful taxes ! A quick look at the silver Tetradrachms they produced is convincing enough that the skilled die engravers didn't get replaced I am sure the Carthaginian tax authorities enjoyed adding these to the monthly "collection" box Report this Post to the Staff
orkneycoins New Member United Kingdom 16 Posts	Posted 10/08/2020 2:48 pm Hi, Thanks for all of the information. Your taking my understanding to another level. Report this Post to the Staff
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