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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PMONNEY, post: 2887100, member: 82829&quot;]<b>IBERIAN, Punic/Roman</b>.<b>:</b> Male head left. Rev.: Horse’s head right<b>. </b>Mint :Carthagena nova, AE<b>,</b> c. 237-209 BC. Æ (15mm, 1.89g, 12h).. R/ ACIP 610; SNG BM Spain 129. Rare. Green patina, In order to force Hannibal to retreat from Italy, Scipio Africanus attacked Carthaginian Spain and took Carthago Nova in 209 B.C. References most often identify this type as Punic, struck before 209 B.C., being struck but they also note that the head is `Roman style.` Some authorities believe, as we do, that this type was struck after 209, under Roman rule. during the Roman occupation of Carthago Nova .Carthaginian coins sometimes depicted Barcid generals. This coin probablyy depicts the Roman general Scipio Africanus. </p><p>It would be interesting to see other coins of this type and thir interpretation.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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