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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 3530721, member: 51347&quot;]<b>CONTROVERSIAL / INFAMOUS COIN(s)</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>SOCIAL WAR</b></p><p><br /></p><p>Denarii from the Social War, however, NOT Roman... but from the OTHER Side - The Marsic Confederation:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]938078[/ATTACH]</p><p>Marsic Confederation denarius 89 BCE Italia-Italia seated shields vict Corfinium Campana retro B 105 HN Italy 412a Sear 228 RARE</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>WAR with HANNIBAL</b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Capua </b>- Defected to Hannibal in 216 BCE after the Battle of Cannae. Hannibal had promised that should Rome be destroyed, Capua would become the capital of Italia. Subsequently, when Rome retook Capua in 211 BCE, they punished the Capuans severely, and destroyed much of their coinage to erase any memory of Hannibal. Coins from Capua from this period are difficult to capture:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]938080[/ATTACH]</p><p>Campania CAPUA AE Semuncia 216-211 BCE Juno Xoanon Hannibal capital Italia SCARCE</p><p><br /></p><p><b><span style="color: #b30000"><i>Next Up:&nbsp; BCE Spanish Coin not Roman</i></span></b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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