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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3526239, member: 51347"]Kinda what happened to me. Buncha holes, as time went on, some of those holes were filled. Then, read about some of those people, and got some more holes filled. A few harder-to-gits were fun to chase [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] helped me find. [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] got me into chasing some of the women, er, Empresses, so lotsa spots began to get filled. But, like I had stated: it is not a focus of mine as I enjoy the Republic and their adversaries or allies. Save for the Imperial Roman Rulers, most of my collection were struck BCE.</p><p><br /></p><p>Capua - 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><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/campania-capua-ae-uncia-216-211-bce-diana-boar-hannibal-capital-italia-scarce-jpg.836488/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Campania, CAPUA</p><p>2nd Punic War - Hannibal promises Capua as Capital of Italia after Rome destroyed</p><p><b>Attribution:</b> SNG ANS 210</p><p><b>Date:</b> 216-211 BC</p><p><b>Obverse:</b> Bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder</p><p><b>Reverse:</b> Boar right, one pellet above, KAPV (retrograde) in exergue</p><p><b>Size:</b> 20.72 mm</p><p><b>Weight:</b> 6.56 grams</p><p>Scarce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 3526239, member: 51347"]Kinda what happened to me. Buncha holes, as time went on, some of those holes were filled. Then, read about some of those people, and got some more holes filled. A few harder-to-gits were fun to chase [USER=42773]@John Anthony[/USER] helped me find. [USER=21445]@Mat[/USER] got me into chasing some of the women, er, Empresses, so lotsa spots began to get filled. But, like I had stated: it is not a focus of mine as I enjoy the Republic and their adversaries or allies. Save for the Imperial Roman Rulers, most of my collection were struck BCE. Capua - 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: [IMG]https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/campania-capua-ae-uncia-216-211-bce-diana-boar-hannibal-capital-italia-scarce-jpg.836488/[/IMG] Campania, CAPUA 2nd Punic War - Hannibal promises Capua as Capital of Italia after Rome destroyed [B]Attribution:[/B] SNG ANS 210 [B]Date:[/B] 216-211 BC [B]Obverse:[/B] Bust of Diana right, with bow and quiver over shoulder [B]Reverse:[/B] Boar right, one pellet above, KAPV (retrograde) in exergue [B]Size:[/B] 20.72 mm [B]Weight:[/B] 6.56 grams Scarce[/QUOTE]
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