The Treasure Hunt of an Antique Dealer

Regardless of unloading, leaving behind the few guys who had guarded the wharf, Zhang Nan and a large group of people went to the location of the excavator and saw the crack deep into the bottom of the mountain. ?

I took a glare flashlight and took a picture inside, and I could see a part of the cave close to the entrance of the cave: under the soil and gravel, a golden flash of gold unique to gold flashed, like a band of light, I was amazed!

"Treasure hole!"

It was Captain Philip. Zhang Nan heard this and said: "I don't know why someone put gold and silver coins here. It is not easy to judge by these 12 coins. The age is relatively early.

If the currency of the latest period can be cleaned up, it can be roughly judged when it was buried. "

With the rich, the treasure is in front of you and you have to explore its origin and reason---Xiande!

Now that you have an idea, this is easy to do. You don't need to move all the coins out to judge. You can get a few tens of kilograms to see the name.

Here, Liu Wendong is relatively small. He climbed inside with an aluminum folding ladder, and then transported it a few times with a dustpan for sweeping the floor. He moved out more than 50 kilograms.

As for how much there is, Liu Wendong estimates that gold and silver coins add up to at least tons!

The thickness of the accumulation is 30 or 40 centimeters, which is indispensable.

Stalled at the back of the truck body, Zhang Nan began to identify.

There are a lot of people who know and don’t know: during and after Alexander the Great, there were a lot of gold coins weighing 8.55 grams for the Kingdom of Macedonia, and Zhang Nan recognized at least 25 varieties made in cities!

The theme patterns are similar. Most of these gold coins were made with gold nuggets from the Persian treasury after Alexander occupied Persia.

The weight and fineness of gold-labeled coins are standard enough, and they can be counted as "pieces" when circulating, instead of weighing individually, which improved transaction efficiency at the beginning.

Zhang Nan remembers that research shows that the purity of the measured Alexander gold coin can reach 99.7%, which is only slightly lower than the 99.9% of 24k pure gold, reaching the peak of the extraction technology of that era.

In the later period, the mints made in the remote areas of the Alexander Empire also had the worst gold content of over 85%, generally over 97%.

Not only the purity, but the weight of gold-labeled coins is also very strictly controlled. The standard weight is about 8.55 grams, and the error of most coins is controlled within 0.1 gram.

Therefore, the Alexander gold coin was widely accepted in three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe, and his successors still continue to use this standard of gold coins.

On the front of all gold coins, there is the head of Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war. On the back, there is a full-length portrait of the winged goddess of victory Nagi, and the Greek name of the factory.

Compared to the Carthaginians’ own gold Tannets, the Alexander gold coins were a bit heavier and more pure, so it seemed that gold coins were more popular on the Mediterranean coast.

Tannet coins are actually gold and silver alloy coins, which are still attractive to merchants, including the Carthaginians themselves.

"If I finish finishing everything inside, I think I can compete with the British Museum!"

I gave myself a "powerful" fist: In the Alexander gold coin collection, it seems that few people and museums can compete with the British Museum, let alone individuals.

This trip is possible by yourself.

It's exciting to think about the British Museum!

Now Zhang Nan simply selected the gold coins of the Kingdom of Macedonia first: among the gold coins he took out, there were many gold coins of Carthage and Macedonia, and he saw that there were more and more types of gold standard coins during the Alexander period, so he didn't consciously choose Macedonia first The greatest emperor in the history of the kingdom set a model gold coin.

Carthage can be put aside first because the Alexander gold coins in the British Museum are the most comprehensive in the world: they come from mints in 19 cities when Alexander was alive, and they were still produced after his death. The mint is a manufacturing version of a total of 33 city mints on the three continents of Asia, Africa and Europe.

According to the British Museum's research, most of the gold-labeled coins were made after Alexander died, accounting for 61.9%. Only .8% of the gold-labeled coins were made while Alexander was alive, while 16.3% were made. The variety was made before and after his death-the last gold coin was made in the city of Odyssos on the Black Sea in 2oo BC.

There are 25 types of gold-labeled coins in these 5o kilograms of gold and silver coins. After the entire treasure cave is cleared, it is really possible to collect 33 types of gold-labeled coins.

Even if you don’t get it all together, you can purchase the missing varieties.

This group of people is no longer working, and digging for treasures and tracing the footsteps of history is much more interesting than moving gold.

Those who are near Zhu are red and those who are near Mo are black. There is a boss who loves hunting, digging and collecting treasures. This group of people around him are about to become antique collectors.

Captain Thomas and Captain Philip can also help the boss choose, and they all have a certain collection and discrimination vision.

Zhang Nan first selected all the gold coins, the gold standard coins, the Carthaginian matu gold coins, and the exquisite gold coins minted by the Persian Achaemenid dynasty and the Persian First Empire that existed from 55o BC to 33o BC.

Most of the oldest Persian gold coins are carved with images of kings holding bows and arrows on the front, just like those ancient Persian reliefs left over from the ancient city of Persepolis.

This type of gold coin is now an absolute rare species. Having such the earliest Persian gold coin is a collection of a condensed history.

But the atmosphere of this meeting was not serious at all, unlike in an "archaeological site", but more like in a bar: a group of people laughed there.

Why?

The first to discover this "king running with a bow and arrow" gold coin was Xia Milli. It felt interesting, so he said: "Boss, how does this king look like he is running?"

When everyone saw it, it really looked like!

The most funny thing is that although the gold coin was made early, the number of circulations should not be much. Coupled with the reason of craftsmanship, there are fine nicks on the back of the king’s robe that wears a crown and Sayazi runs. It looks like It is he who runs Sayazi.

Damn it, running with wind!

When everyone understood it, there was a laugh, including Karimi.

Zhang Nan didn't smile, but shook his head there!

"Don't laugh, especially the two of you!" Pointing at Xia Milli and Karimi.

Seeing the boss's serious expression, everyone immediately changed their expressions to whiteboards and faces. Especially the two named Xia Milli and Karimi, who didn't understand the situation and didn't know what went wrong.

At this point, Zhang Nan felt that he might have made a fuss a little bit, smiled, and said, "We are all one family, and the people of the world are united. Let's laugh at this running king again. Beware of someone accusing you of racial discrimination."

Everyone looked dumbfounded.

Is it about racial discrimination?

Zhang Nan picked up the gold coin of "King Sa Yazi running" and said to Xia Milli and Karimi: "This is a gold coin made by the First Empire of Persia. Why can't you both think about it for yourself."

When everyone heard this, their minds immediately started to move high. Xia Milli and Karimi responded quickly. Xia Milli said: "Boss, we are from Huaxia."

Well, Zhang Nan is too concerned about the feelings of others. Even the ancient Persians who lived more than 2ooo years ago may also speak ancient Iranian, but that area has been warring more than 2ooo over the years. This is due to the two people of Xiamili and Karimi. The joke may be the King of Persia 25oo years ago, and it is estimated that no one will sue others for racial discrimination.

think too much.

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In addition to the richness of value and variety, there is nothing important in the gold coin. The latest era is also about 2oo BC, and then Carthage is still at ease.

Then look at the silver coins.

There are more varieties of silver coins, and one and a half of them have been checked. Now this is the Carthage era, the Roman Republic era, the Persian Achaemenid dynasty, the Seleucid empire, and the Assathis dynasty.

After checking a little and a half, the silver dinar coin of the ancient Roman Republic was delineated as late as 152 BC-there were two silver coins of the Victory Goddess driving the double carriage at that time.

Two very small ones, with a diameter of less than 2 cm and a thickness of less than 2 mm, may weigh a little more than three grams.

From the Persian Empire series of silver coins, the latest is a Parthian Empire Mitridati I silver coin-this Persian king died in about 136 BC, I don’t know that this silver coin was his reign In which period was it made.

Continue to check, and then...

There is now!

A group of people accompany them as "experts," and they listened to Zhang Nan happily saying, "It should be this! The Janus **** silver coins that were run from 125 BC to 119 BC were almost out of circulation before being buried. It was the Carthaginians who hid this wealth of wealth here before Ibiza was completely captured by the Roman army.

This may be the last wealth of the Carthage Empire! "

Although the surface of the silver coin is a bit gray and oxidized, it is well preserved. The fine lines on the top can be seen clearly and there are almost no traces of use.

Why is it the last wealth of the empire?

Zhang Nan talked freely, enjoying the feeling of everyone listening to me and being a teacher.

People, there are so few people who don't like to show off on special occasions, and Zhang Nan can't avoid being vulgar.

Around the ninth century BC, immigrants from Tyre, one of the Phoenician city-states, crossed the Mediterranean and arrived in Tunisia on the north coast of Africa. Carthage was established across the sea from Rome. It was also used as a slave trade and maritime trade. A transit point for trade.

From about the 8th century BC to the 6th century BC, Carthage began to expand into Africa 6 and controlled most of the Phoenician colonies in North Africa.

At the same time, Carthage also moved to the Western Mediterranean, taking advantage of its navigational skills to gradually occupy the southern coast of Spain and its nearby islands, as well as Sardinia, Corsica and western Sicily. It also includes Ibiza, half a nautical mile away.

From then on, Carthage began to dominate the Western Mediterranean, and Greece controlled the eastern and western sides of the Mediterranean respectively.

Beginning in the 6th century BC, Carthage began to clash with the Greeks who wanted to encroach on the western Mediterranean. It was not until the beginning of the 4th century BC that Greece was greatly injured after the Peloponnesian War and began to stop colonizing Sicily. The dispute between Gee and Greece has roughly come to an end.

But instead, it was a fundamental conflict of interest with the more terrifying opponent-Rome!

Three Punic Wars broke out on both sides. In the third Punic War that broke out from 149 BC to 146 BC, Carthage was defeated and massacred, and the territory became a province of Rome-the province of Africa.

The city of Carthage was also completely razed to the ground by the Romans. Rome gained the hegemony in the western Mediterranean--and Rome hated Carthage to death. After completely destroying the city, it was still in all the fertile fields of Carthage. Planting thorns and pouring salt water is basically a matter of dozens of bombings with atomic bombs!

Carthage seemed to have disappeared from that moment, but then Rome was unstable. Instead, islands such as Ibiza in the Mediterranean were still controlled by the Carthaginians until the Romans vacated their hands in 12o BC. , Completely resolved the final base of this nation, which is still relying on maritime trade to linger on the remaining bricks.

"...According to the records of the Romans, they only occupied Ibiza in 12o BC. If I were the leader of the Carthaginians on Ibiza, I would never give this wealth to the Romans, because no matter what Whether it is handed over to the Romans is a dead end, and there is absolutely no possibility of surviving.

Captives of other nations may also have the opportunity to become slaves to the Romans, but the probability that the Carthaginians will survive is almost zero! "

Genocide!

The items taken out were temporarily cleaned up. After hearing the boss’s words, Thomas said: “The Romans hate the Carthaginians. History is written by the victors. Let’s see what the Romans wrote about the history of Carthage. Then, we can know that the Carthaginians had no way to survive at that time.

Instead of me, I won’t leave a copper to the Romans~www.readwn.com~The bodyguards from China don’t understand Carthage, but the American bodyguards are better. After Li Panfeng and several people expressed their doubts, Thomas explained For a moment.

"The Romans wrote of the Carthaginians like this: Carthage popularly sacrificed children to their sun god-Baal.

It is said that long ago, the Carthaginians put their eldest son, usually a newly born baby boy, in a sarcophagus to offer sacrifices to the gods.

The current archaeological excavations have confirmed that there are many such small sarcophagi. In fact, personally, the mortality rate was not low at that time, let alone the child mortality rate.

The Romans said that Carthage also entered a more barbaric era: 1 to 3 years old boys, usually children from noble families, were cut through their throats, and then they were thrown into the fire alive before they died of breath. .

It is also said that on the eve of the destruction of Carthage, the defeat of the war caused the ruling of Carthage to order more than 30 boys to be sacrificed to their gods and pray for his blessing.

Even that Hannibal survived because his father played a trick and bought a poor man's child to replace Hannibal.

In addition, Carthage also popularized the sacrifice to the moon god, and this kind of sacrifice ceremony was held every year.

This ceremony selected many innocent girls, took a bath and changed their clothes, went to the temple, and received the baptism of a strange man-this is considered the best gift to the moon god, cruelly depriving the girl of her virginity. "

After hearing Thomas' words, everyone shook their heads in their hearts.

Or Alyosha said a big truth: "Aristocratic child living sacrifice? Fuck, it is a miracle that this Carthage can persist until the Romans can destroy it. This is too good for him to make up!"

Zhang Nan curled his lips and said psychologically: "What's weird, you will know how capable people are in more than two decades! Can you wonder how this little devil persisted in the 15 years of the War of Resistance?" 8