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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bcuda, post: 3984082, member: 105389&quot;]CASTULO ANCIENT SPAIN</p><p>&nbsp;CELTIBERIANS 2nd Cen. BC</p><p>&nbsp;SEMIS (10.7 grams, 22 mm)</p><p>&nbsp;Obv: Laureate male head to the right.</p><p>&nbsp;Rev: Bull standing right. Crescent upward above. </p><p>&nbsp;MI before. Legend beneath</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>The seat of the Oretani,an Iberian tribe which settled in the north of the Guadalquivir River. According to tradition a local princess Himilce married </p><p>Hannibal, gained the alliance of the city with the Carthaginian Empire. In </p><p>213 BC, Castulo was the site of Hasdrubal Barca&#039;s crushing victory over the</p><p>Roman army with a force of 40,000 Carthaginian troops plus local Iberian mercenaries. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1049079[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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