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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;AncientJoe, post: 2766034, member: 44357&quot;]It&#039;s speculative and unable to be confirmed but close enough for me to colloquially call it Hannibal (especially with the elephant). Here&#039;s a description from an auction catalog which has some additional context:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;It has been suggested that the head on the obverse of the coin might be that of Hannibal, in the guise of Melqart, or of another Punic ruler. In the absence of firm evidence, this theory can only be conjectural, and the head is usually identified as that of Melqart. The features of the head, with the raised brow, the distinct bridge of the nose, the prominent chin, and the sideburns, does perhaps suggest a realism that one would expect from portraiture. The reverse of the coin depicts one of the Carthaginian War elephants that would have been used by Hannibal to cross the Alps in his campaign against Rome.&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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