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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bcuda, post: 3882915, member: 105389&quot;]I just added quite a few coins to my collection over the last 3 weeks.</p><p>It seems I have a problem not just being happy with just one coin when I like it.</p><p>For example I have an Iberian coin from Asido that I just love, it is by far my favorite coin out of all my coins, I found it metal detecting myself and traded it to a friend and reacquired it after about 25 years. </p><p>I also love coins from the second Punic war from Spain and have a coin that depicts Scipio Africanus.</p><p><br /></p><p>Well I just had to buy another example of each coin, here they are:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Asido ,Ancient Spain 110 BC. Phonecian and Punic.</p><p>Obv: Melkart head facing forward. </p><p>Rev: Two tunny fish right Libio-Phoenician legend </p><p>( B B L ) Semis </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>Asido, an Iberian settlement which may have been founded by the Phoenicians, hence the later name Sidonia reflecting its foundation by Sidon. Its earliest phase is known throughits coinage and its 2nd and 1st centuries BC issues bear the Latin inscription Asido but also Punic inscriptions such as&#039;sdn or b&#039;b&#039;l, with Herakles and Dolphins being notable obverse and reverse designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1025564[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Spain, Carthago Nova Æ Unit. Roman Occupation, after 209 BC. Bare-head left (Scipio Africanus?) / Horse standing right; palm tree behind.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second Punic War when the Romans, under the leadership of Scipio Africanus, took the war to Carthage&#039;s possessions in Spain in order to cause Hannibal to withdraw from Italy. Though still a young man, Scipio displayed extraordinary skills in leadership and by 209 BC brought the provincial Carthaginian city of Qart Hadasht in Spain under his control. Differing substantially from the earlier regional issues which may depict the Barcid generals, this youthful Roman-like head is very possibly that of Scipio himself. The rarity of this issue, both in silver and bronze, attests to its short period of striking, and may reflect the Romans&#039; republican views regarding the depiction of a living individual on their coins, even those that would circulate outside of Rome itself.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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