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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bcuda, post: 7723593, member: 105389&quot;]Call me crazy but I just picked up another one of these today.</p><p>I had 4 of them but put one up for auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>Believed by many to be a portrait of the young and seemingly reckless Scipio Africanus, struck at Carthago Nova during the Roman occupation of the city during the Punic Wars. Though the Romans disdained depicting living people on coinage at this time, the young rash Scipio fresh from victory over the Carthaginian forces and far from Rome, may have used this opportunity to put himself on the coins of the now occupied city. Evidence for this theory is drawn from the odd depiction of the bust on the obverse (sporting a roman style haircut) and the fact that the Barcid family to which rival general Hannibal belonged, also had a history of putting themselves on their coins. This could be seen as Scipio taunting Hannibal, after his capture of Carthago Nova (having previously been re-founded by Hannibal&#039;s half-brother Hasdrubal).</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1323964[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Carthago Nova</p><p>Iberia, c. 237 - 206 B.C.</p><p>Spain, Carthago Nova Æ Unit.</p><p>Roman Occupation after 209 BC.</p><p>Bare-head left</p><p>(Scipio Africanus?)</p><p>Horse standing right; palm tree</p><p>behind. CNH Class XI, 282;</p><p>SNG BM Spain 127-128; ACIP 609.</p><p>10.9g, 28mm,[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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