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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Severus Alexander, post: 2887498, member: 84744&quot;]But the issue DOES include silver! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Here&#039;s a <a href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152789" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=152789" rel="nofollow">shekel</a>:</p><p><img src="https://cngcoins.com/photos/big/83000007.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If these do portray Scipio, I think it&#039;s more likely that the mint in Carthago Nova had a recent tradition to portray the local person in power on the coins (as illustrated by the quarter shekel above). When the city changed hands in 209 BC, the mint simply continued this tradition, making new dies based on Scipio&#039;s appearance as they understood it.&nbsp; (Note that this is possible even if the coin &quot;officially&quot; portrays a deity.)&nbsp; If anything, the scarcity of the issue could be explained by Scipio <i>objecting</i> to having his likeness on the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>But who knows? <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; I hope some hoard evidence will date the issue better in future.&nbsp; If it&#039;s not found in some hoards known to have been buried in 210 and earlier, the betting that this is Scipio goes way up... as does the value of our coins. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie33" alt=":cigar:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; (Not that we care about crass factors like that! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie47" alt=":greedy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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