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Etruria was a region of Central Italy, located in an area that covered part of what are now Tuscany, Lazio, and Umbria.
Uncertain mint in Etruria, AE Uncia, ca. 240-225 BC. 20mm, 8.60g. Wheel with six spokes or star of six rays, dot to left / Double-axe (bipennis) head, uncertain letter to left, dot to right. HN Italy 59.
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Etruria, uncertain mint AE17. Third century BC. Negro's head right / Elephant right. HN Italy 69.
ETRURIA, Arretium (?), The Chiana Valley. Circa 208-207 BC. AE Quartuncia. Negro head right / Indian elephant standing right, bell around neck; M below. SNG ANS 39-41; BMC 19.
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13769. Silver half shekel, SNG Cop 383, choice EF, Carthage mint, 3.329g, 18.6mm, 0o, obverse laureate male head left (Hannibal or Melquarth), dot border; reverse African elephant walking left on exergual line, Punic letter A in ex, linear border;
questioner who do you think these people are?
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i can not say for certain who this man is but i will guess that he is Sicilian
Agathocles or his son perhaps
the questioner Member # 22195
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i will guess that the man on the coin is Hannibal considering the location and the kind of elephant on the coin
the lioness, Member # 17353
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what about this coin?
the questioner Member # 22195
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,:
what about this coin?
perhaps a young Hercules considering the man on the coin has a striking resemblance to the Hercules coins of the roman republic
the lioness, Member # 17353
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quote:Originally posted by the questioner:
i will guess that the man on the coin is Hannibal considering the location and the kind of elephant on the coin
Are there any references in ancient Greek or Roman writing suggesting Hannibal might have looked like that?
the questioner Member # 22195
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quote:Originally posted by the lioness,:
quote:Originally posted by the questioner:
i will guess that the man on the coin is Hannibal considering the location and the kind of elephant on the coin
Are there any references in ancient Greek or Roman writing suggesting Hannibal might have looked like that?
Hannibal was called an Afer by Quintus Horatius Flaccus
Virgil describes afer people as having twisted hair, dark skin and thick lips
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