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<p>[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 6474588, member: 116882"]Can't resist one of my favorite topics. The Punic Spain coins are anepigraphic and there is no historical documentation that the heads are an individual's portrait, but here is my theory based on my shekels:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258518[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR shekel 220-209 BC 7.24 gm ACIP 603</p><p>O: male head left / R: horse standing right before palm tree</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258519[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR shekel 208-203 BC 6.99 gm ACIP 625</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258522[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR shekel 209 BC 7.11 gm ACIP 606</p><p><br /></p><p>The head on the first shekel represents Hannibal, the second is Scipio and the third is a transition with a recut die to "Romanize" a Punic portrait.</p><p>Since Alexander the Great, tendency for god’s features on coins to resemble a person.</p><p>Scipio had access to silver and an intact mint when he captured Cartago Nova.</p><p>Tendency of Spanish tribes to identify with individual leaders.</p><p>Portrait styles – “Carthaginian” features changed to “Roman” features.</p><p>Match known sculptures & images (In addition to the bust above, the Museo Nazionale in Naples also has a gold signet ring of Scipio dated to the late 3rd - early 2nd Cetury BC shown below)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1258558[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>So, there is no conclusive evidence but the circumstantial evidence is intriguing.</p><p>These coins most likely represent “unofficial portraits”[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Silphium Addict, post: 6474588, member: 116882"]Can't resist one of my favorite topics. The Punic Spain coins are anepigraphic and there is no historical documentation that the heads are an individual's portrait, but here is my theory based on my shekels: [ATTACH=full]1258518[/ATTACH] AR shekel 220-209 BC 7.24 gm ACIP 603 O: male head left / R: horse standing right before palm tree [ATTACH=full]1258519[/ATTACH] AR shekel 208-203 BC 6.99 gm ACIP 625 [ATTACH=full]1258522[/ATTACH] AR shekel 209 BC 7.11 gm ACIP 606 The head on the first shekel represents Hannibal, the second is Scipio and the third is a transition with a recut die to "Romanize" a Punic portrait. Since Alexander the Great, tendency for god’s features on coins to resemble a person. Scipio had access to silver and an intact mint when he captured Cartago Nova. Tendency of Spanish tribes to identify with individual leaders. Portrait styles – “Carthaginian” features changed to “Roman” features. Match known sculptures & images (In addition to the bust above, the Museo Nazionale in Naples also has a gold signet ring of Scipio dated to the late 3rd - early 2nd Cetury BC shown below) [ATTACH=full]1258558[/ATTACH] So, there is no conclusive evidence but the circumstantial evidence is intriguing. These coins most likely represent “unofficial portraits”[/QUOTE]
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