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In 1804 British canons sank the Spanish frigate Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes. She transported about 600.000 coins; now, the Spanish Government laid claim to a ship, which had been exploited by a private company at their own expense. The Spaniards argue that this ship is the sunken Spanish frigate...

Almost 15 kilograms, as much as 4 bricks – that is the weight of the second heaviest coin of Classical numismatics, this Swedish copper plate of 8 taler. It was issued in 1659...

Sailors faced many dangers. But the superstitious people found a way to deal with that, and many deities and animals assisted the humans on the sea. A coin from Kyzikos tells of all this, a coin minted on the visit of Emperor Marcus Aurelius.