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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 2262582, member: 19463&quot;]Carthago&#039;s coin is really nice IMO.&nbsp; He sacrificed a bit of camel head but not much and got the full name REX ARETAS which I consider the best part.&nbsp; He is right about them being common coins but the two parts I want most being on opposite ends of the same side makes finding that perfect coin harder.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>This is a two sided coin issued jointly using Senate funds (ex SC) by the two Curule Aediles of that year.&nbsp; The scorpion side is rather normal extolling the actions of an honored ancestor of Publius Hypsaeus named Gaius Hypsaeus who captured the town of Prievernum.&nbsp; The odd one was the camel side since it showed the king who had earlier surrendered to the Curule Aedile who issued the coin rather than an ancestor of his.&nbsp; Blowing his own horn on a coin like that must not have set well with conservative minded Roman Republicans.&nbsp; I do think that this coin has a strong case for one that belongs in every collection that includes any Republican denarii.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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