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<p>[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2930556, member: 51347"]<b>STAR: (obv and rev)</b></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]711468[/ATTACH]</p><p>Campania <b>Capua 216-214 BCE</b> <b>Æ Uncia</b> 20.5mm 6.1g Laur hd Jupiter R <b>star</b> value l Victory trophy <b>star</b> value R Monete 21 HN Italy 493</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Notes: When Hannibal occupied Capua during the Second Punic War, he worked with the local Aristocracy and promised to make Capua the capital of Italia, and would raze Rome, once he destroyed the Romans. However, history was different from his promises. After the Punic War, Rome confiscated and tried to destroy all Capuan coinage minted during this time. They wanted to destroy any memory of Hannibal, and to further punish Capua. Consequently, Hannibal occupied coinage from Capua seems difficult to find.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Alegandron, post: 2930556, member: 51347"][B]STAR: (obv and rev)[/B] [ATTACH=full]711468[/ATTACH] Campania [B]Capua 216-214 BCE[/B] [B]Æ Uncia[/B] 20.5mm 6.1g Laur hd Jupiter R [B]star[/B] value l Victory trophy [B]star[/B] value R Monete 21 HN Italy 493 [I]Notes: When Hannibal occupied Capua during the Second Punic War, he worked with the local Aristocracy and promised to make Capua the capital of Italia, and would raze Rome, once he destroyed the Romans. However, history was different from his promises. After the Punic War, Rome confiscated and tried to destroy all Capuan coinage minted during this time. They wanted to destroy any memory of Hannibal, and to further punish Capua. Consequently, Hannibal occupied coinage from Capua seems difficult to find.[/I][/QUOTE]
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