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A Gold Coin, which is said to have been found among the ruins of Carthage

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

August 1, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 33

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 8 Oct 1808 adds: "Which City, was destroyed by the Romans 146 years before the birth of Christ."

Notes:

Robert Goodloe Harper (1765-1825) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina and a Senator from Maryland.