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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2398668, member: 51347&quot;]Weeeellll... How about the purported first living Roman General on a Roman struck coin...&nbsp; Shown this one before... But it is struck in Carthago Nova, founded by Hasdrubal the Fair in 227 as a colony of Carthage.&nbsp; It was originally called QART HADASHT which is the same name the Carthaginians called their native city of CARTHAGE.&nbsp; Hasdrubal was a Barcid, and this was a major city in the area called Barcid Spain, which Carthage drew enormous military and financial (Bronze and Silver mines) rejuvenation after losing the Second Punic War to Rome.</p><p><br /></p><p>However, along came Publius Cornelius Scipio in 209 BCE to rain on the Carthaginians&#039; parade and conquered Carthago Nova!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]493819[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Carthago Nova (Carthaginian city of Qart Hadasht) Roman Occupation by Scipio (later Africanus)</p><p>ca. 209-206 BCE</p><p>Bronze Unit</p><p>22.8mm, 9.1g</p><p>Carthago Nova mint</p><p>OBV: Bare head l, Roman style (Scipio?)</p><p>REV: Horse standing r</p><p>Rare</p><p>Sear/Seaby Vol 2 6575; SNG BM Spain 127-128; Burgos 552</p><p>ex FORVM</p><p>AE of Publius Cornelius Scipio (before he was Africanus, and while in Spain), from Carthago Nova... He was young, had been built up almost as a demi-god to politically oppose Hannibal&#039;s propaganda campaign in Italy against Rome... This whipper-snapper &quot;figgered&quot; it all out as to how to counter the psychological effect that Hannibal had on the Romans AND Italians for so many years![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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