This tiny gold coin is from the Carthaginian empire of North Africa. Carthage was founded as an anchorage for the Phoenician trade rout to Spain. In the 5th century BC Carthage formed its own empire which at its height encompassed the coast of...
Struck during the period of Ivan IV, this coin is of the period 1533 through 1547 AD. Ivan IV, generally known as Ivan the Terrible, was crowned Grand Prince of Moscow in 1533 AD at age three. In 1547 AD he declared himself Czar of all Russia, and...
