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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 3677194, member: 84744&quot;]Congrats on snagging one!&nbsp; I agree the sudden dramatic shift in portrait style around the time of Scipio&#039;s victory at Carthago Nova is very suggestive.&nbsp; I&#039;m more skeptical that the Canusium coins depict Scipio.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s also possible that the coin depicts one of the Barcas.&nbsp; Hasdrubal was assassinated in 221 BCE and Hannibal took over his command in Spain.&nbsp; The shift in portraiture could be from Hasdrubal to Hannibal.&nbsp; (Or if the coin is earlier, from Hamilcar to Hasdrubal.)</p><p><br /></p><p>My example:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]987506[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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