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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Curtis, post: 6465525, member: 26430&quot;]How about 2 coins -- one of each -- a 1/2 and a 2? To top it off, both <i>temp.</i> 2nd Punic War...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Punic Spain, the Barcids, <i>temp.</i> Second Punic War</b>. Halved AR Shekel or &quot;Drachm/Denarius&quot; (4.09g). Cathago Nova (?), circa 237-209 BCE (<i>temp.</i> Hannibal, 218-206?). </p><p>One might speculate that after Hannibal was expelled from Iberia, this Shekel was subjected to a &quot;currency conversion,&quot; interestingly, cut to substantially more than &quot;half,&quot; more like ~62% of a 6.65g original Shekel, assuming the missing half was of equal thickness/density.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Latin Colonies &amp; <b>Allies of Rome, <i>temp. </i>Second Punic War.</b> </b>Northern Apulia, Luceria AE Aes Grave Biunx (cast, 17.86g, 26mm [9mm thick], 3h). Struck <i>circa</i> 217-212. Shell / Astralagus [knucklebone]. L and two pellets (mark of value).</p><p>I&#039;m sure others here know better than I do where the Aes Grave and other coinage cast or struck at Luceria circulated. My understanding is that a major Roman mint was located there during the 2nd Punic war. Were these coins cast at Luceria for local coinage, for use by Romans, or both?</p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1258245[/ATTACH]</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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