TC: Carthago Nova coin w/Scipio Africanus
$870.00
Jul-15-01
Tom Cederlind

SPAIN: CARTHAGO NOVA, FOLLOWING THE ROMAN DEFEAT OF THE CARTHAGINIAN
GARRISON THERE.. after 209 BC. Bronze -23mm (10.74 gm). O: Male head, l.,
probably the Roman General P. Cornelius Scipio Africanus. R: Horse
standing, r.; palm tree behind. cf. Müller III, 13, 4. Rare and historical;
unusually nice for this issue, nearly EF. See J. M. C. Toynbee, 'Roman
Historical Portraits,' p. 18-19..