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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2260652, member: 51347&quot;]Scipio was just a young WHIPPER-SNAPPER when he went over to Spain and messed up the Carthaginians!&nbsp; He was in his mid-20&#039;s... and brash enough to be the FIRST Roman to have his LIVING likeness (purported) on Roman Coinage!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]448766[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]448767[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Carthago Nova (Carthaginian city of Qart Hadasht) Roman Occupation by Scipio (later Africanus)</p><p>ca. 209-206 BCE</p><p>Bronze Unit</p><p>22.8mm, 9.1g</p><p>Carthago Nova mint</p><p>OBV: Bare head l, Roman style (Scipio?)</p><p>REV: Horse standing r</p><p>Rare</p><p>Sear/Seaby Vol 2 6575; SNG BM Spain 127-128; Burgos 552</p><p>ex FORVM[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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