[Freeman and Sear Mail Bid Sale Lot: 97

BARCIDS IN SPAIN: Carthago Nova. After 209 BC. Æ 24.
11.49 gm). 
Head of crude style left, probably Scipio Africanus /
Horse standing right, superimposed on palm tree in
background, pellet behind hock of right foreleg. Robinson,
 Essays Mattingly, Series 7 (p). CNH 69. Dark brown patina
 with areas of green and earthen overlay. Nearly very fine

 Ex F. Martin Post Collection.

 The coins of Robinson’s Series 7 are of two styles, one
 Punic, the other more Roman in character. Robinson suggested 
that the latter represents the coinage of Carthago Nova after 
its capture by Scipio in 209 BC, and that the head on the 
obverse is a portrait of Scipio himself, while the heads of 
Punic type basically reflect the features of Hannibal. Villaronga 
simply calls both male heads.

 Estimated Value: $ 500

sold for high bid of $485 [ $557.75, or approx 435.045 EUR, £290.03

From the Freeman & Sear Mail Bid Sale 13, Closed August 25th, 2006.

Re-used by permission of Freeman & Sear, www.freemanandsear.com.