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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2887405, member: 51347&quot;]Nice Scipio [USER=82829]@PMONNEY[/USER] !&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I am of the Camp that Scipio&#039;s bust is on the coin.&nbsp; Not from a numismatic viewpoint, but based on various histories I have read.&nbsp; Remember, Hannibal personally HATED Rome.&nbsp; His family were defeated in the First Punic War (264-241), had to endure indemnities and tribute to pay Rome for loss in the War. Then were involved in a nasty, bloody Mercenary War (240-238 BCE) immediately after the First Punic War because they could not pay their troops DUE to those indemnities.&nbsp; Therefore, Hannibal prosecuted the Second Punic War (218-201) on Rome to make THEM pay.&nbsp; He wanted to fight IN Italy, so that he could garner support and sympathy from Rome&#039;s Allies and Foes in their homeland, including Celts and Italians.&nbsp; He had a huge PR Campaign in Italy, trying to gain Rome&#039;s Italian Allies support and win them over to his side.&nbsp; (I collect coins from Capua and some from Bruttium for this reason.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Publius Cornelius Scipio (before he was Africanus, and while in Spain), coins from Carthago Nova... He was young, had been built up by the Senatorial Class (even from a young age) almost as a demi-god to politically oppose Hannibal&#039;s propaganda campaign in Italy against Rome... This whipper-snapper &quot;figgered&quot; it all out - how to counter the psychological effect that Hannibal had on the Romans AND Italians for so many years!</p><p><br /></p><p>In my personal view, this is a propaganda coin with his likeness to oppose the Barcid Coins minted prior to his taking Carthago Nova from the Barcids / Carthaginians.&nbsp; These coins would make the FIRST living Roman featured on a coin minted under Roman Authority.&nbsp; I do not believe there are any SILVER coins, as that would had been a BIG No-NO.&nbsp; However, minting his likeness on Bronze, circulating in the local area would had been &quot;overlooked&quot;.&nbsp; Brilliant on his part...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693263[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthago Nova Scipio 209-206 BCE AE 14 Horse Head scarce</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]693265[/ATTACH] </p><p>Carthago Nova SCIPIO Africanus Roman Occupation 209-206 BCE Sear Vol2 6575 scarce[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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