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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bcuda, post: 5408390, member: 105389&quot;]12 hour rule.</p><p><br /></p><p>Castulo</p><p>Ancient Spain Celtiberian</p><p>Late 3rd Century BC.</p><p>Dupondius.</p><p>Obv: Diademed and beardless</p><p>male head right</p><p>Rev: Sphinx right star before</p><p>Iberian legend KaSTiLO.</p><p>CNH pg. 331, 7 , Burgos 694</p><p>34.23 grams</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1234141[/ATTACH]</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Castulo is now modern-day Linares located in the province of Jaén. Castulo played a large part of the Roman conquest of Spain. After a local princess named Himilce married Hannibal, Castulo allied with Carthage. It was here in 213 BC that the Carthaginian commander, Hasdrubal Barca, decimated Roman soldiers with his army of 40,000. In a turn of events however, through the pressure of the Roman general Scipio Africanus, the people of Castulo betrayed the Carthaginians and became a Roman occupied territory.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next: Another Iberian city that was instrumental in the second Punic war[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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