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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;JJ Walker, post: 7951003, member: 125206&quot;]Hey guys!&nbsp; This thread is really fascinating!&nbsp; I&#039;ll add my one battle coin.&nbsp; Though I think it&#039;s not commemorative but rather was used to pay for the defeat of an enemy.&nbsp; It was listed as a Victoriatus from 217-209 BC S107 (what is that?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I&#039;ve not had time to look into this, but it was claimed in the listing that this was one used to pay for the defeat of Hannibal in the Second Punic War, and that Roman Legions were not paid until Marius. </p><p><br /></p><p>3.06 grams</p><p>1.7 mm</p><p><br /></p><p>I won the auction at $35 for it.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377494[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1377495[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I like it because it&#039;s my oldest Roman coin (I have some older Greek ones)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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