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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blake Davis, post: 3023243, member: 91820&quot;]Really nice collection - I really like the portrait on the lower half sheckel&nbsp; - I was unaware that Hannibal struck any coins, but then again, it makes sense - presumably he was pillaging Italy and would have needed to pay his soldiers.&nbsp; It is interesting that he didn&#039;t put his own portrait on his coins.&nbsp; But then again, even Alexander didn&#039;t have his portrait on the coin - it was Alexander as Hercules.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>That brings up an interesting question - who was the first person - anywhere - to put his portrait on a coin. I should know this for Rome - was it Sulla? Pompey? Julius Caesar?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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