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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3020205, member: 51347&quot;]Very cool! I especially like that AR of Hera! Reminds me of my Capua Hera from the same time!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]750726[/ATTACH]</p><p>Campania CAPUA AE 14-5mm 216-211 Hera Oscan Grain ear Hannibal capital Italia SNG Fr 517 SNG ANS 219 HN Italy 500 EE Clain Stefanelli</p><p><br /></p><p><i>During the 2nd Punic War, Hannibal occupied Capua. Capua was the 2nd Largest city behind Rome of Italia. They had always had a prominent place in Italian history. Hannibal promised the aristocracy of Capua that, once Rome was destroyed, he would make Capua the Capital of Italia. We all know Rome won this horrible war. Knowing that, anything left over from the war that would enhance Hannibal&#039;s legacy needed to be destroyed. Rome recalled, confiscated, and destroyed any coinage from Capua that would represent anything to do with Hannibal. This drove all coinage from Capua during the Hannibal war into a very scarce to rare availability.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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