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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2686193, member: 51347&quot;]Each of these Scipios were under $200 [USER=74968]@Orfew[/USER] ... you gotta gett&#039;em!</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601504[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Bronze 1/5 unit,</p><p>1.6g, 14.6mm,</p><p>Carthago Nova mint, weight, 209 - 206 B.C.</p><p>Obv: bare male head (Scipio Africanus?) left</p><p>Rev: horse head right</p><p>Ref: SNG BM Spain 129, Burgos 556</p><p><b>rare</b></p><p>Comment:&nbsp; 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., but they also note that the head is &quot;Roman style.&quot; Some authorities believe, as we do, that this type was struck after 209, under Roman rule. Carthaginian coins sometimes depicted Barcid generals. This coin possibly depicts the Roman general Scipio Africanus.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]601506[/ATTACH]</p><p>Roman Republic</p><p>Bronze AE 23</p><p>Carthago Nova mint, 9.1g, 22.8mm, 209 - 206 BCE</p><p>obv: bare male head (Scipio Africanus?) left</p><p>rev: horse standing right, palm tree behind</p><p>Villaronga MCH 282, Burgos 552, SNG BM Spain 127 - 128</p><p><b>rare</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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