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SUNKEN SHIPS- COINS AND TREASURE FROM THE DEEP

SUNKEN SHIPS- COINS AND TREASURE FROM THE DEEP. By: Xavier Pique. Sunken Treasure- 3/4 ths of Earth is covered by water Sunken Ships Found in every Ocean, Lake and River Over 100,000 documented shipwrecks in the World Provide Glimpse into History of maritime trade routes

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SUNKEN SHIPS- COINS AND TREASURE FROM THE DEEP

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  1. SUNKEN SHIPS- COINS AND TREASURE FROM THE DEEP By: Xavier Pique

  2. Sunken Treasure- • 3/4 ths of Earth is covered by water • Sunken Ships Found in every Ocean, Lake and River • Over 100,000 documented shipwrecks in the World • Provide Glimpse into History of maritime trade routes • Valuable items found • Gold and Silver bars • Artifacts- Pots, Dishes, Amphorae • Navigation Instruments • Wooden Ships preserved in deep cold waters • Cargo is often salvaged by Salvage outfits

  3. Presentation will cover: • Overview of 3 principal trade routes and maps • Ancient and modern Shipwrecks • Phoenician- 500 BC • Seleukid Empire- 300 BC • Spanish New World 1500-1820’s • American Civil War- 1865 • Types of ships • Types of coins and treasure found in each • Cleaning and Preservation of Shipwreck coins

  4. Chart of Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea- By Location, Number, and Age

  5. Phoenician Trade Routes- Commerce by Sea as early as 750 BC

  6. Phoenician Ship- 450 BC “Cambridge” – Joint Venture- Odyssey Marine/ British Navy Museum

  7. Phoenician Ship 800 BC Stone Carving

  8. Phoenecian Ship- Stone Carving 1st Century AD

  9. Phoenician Ship- 750 BC – Coast of Israel 1000 Ft deep • By Robert Ballard/ National Geographic • Cargo of Wine- No Coins The scientists believe the ships were lost in a violent storm while traveling from Phoenicia (now Lebanon) to Egypt or Carthage in about 750 BC laden with a cargo of wine stored in ceramic amphorae.

  10. Phoenician Ship- 450 BC “Cambridge” – Joint Venture- Odyssey Marine/ British Navy Museum

  11. Phoenicia- Sidon 4th Cent BC BC. AR 1/2 Shekel (0.73 gm). Galley to left over waves / Deity on chariot

  12. Phoenicia- Sidon 372-358 BC. AR 1/16 Shekel (0.73 gm). Galley to left over waves / Persian king slaying lion; Phoenician AB between.

  13. Phoenicia One-eighth Shekel ca. 4th century b.c.

  14. Phoenician Silver Didrachm of Tyre, circa 360 BC era

  15. Phoenicia, Arados (c.350-332 BC), AR Stater, 10.02g, VF/VF, $220

  16. Phoenicia, Byblos, 400-330 BC, AR 1/8th shekel - sea monster (hippocamp)

  17. Hispania, Gades(Cadiz) AE Quadrans, 100-20 BCOb: Head of Herakles/Melqart in lionskin left, club behindRv: Dolphin with trident swimming left, Phoenician/Punic script

  18. Bronze- 1st Century BC, Phoenicia-Tyre

  19. Carthage Gold Coin- 341 BC- City in the Phoenician Trade route Ancient Map or Die Crud? November 1996 issue of The Numismatist Mark McMenamin http://phoenicia.org/america.html

  20. Ancient Greece- Seleucid Kingdom300 BC Slave-powered galley for transporting armies

  21. Ancient Greece – Seleucid Kingdom 330 BC

  22. Ancient Greece – Seleucid Kingdom 312- 64 BC

  23. Ancient plate depicting Greek Merchant ship

  24. Seleukid Kingdom- Antiochos VII (138-129 B.C.) Israel- Silver Tetradrachms- Shipwreck

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