Carthaginian Citizen Spearman

 

This is the Carthaginian Citizen Spearman that first appeared in the Miniature Figurines 72/73 catalogue as PB 44s and subsequently in the 75 catalogue as PB 44.

Both PB ranges were based on Phil Barker's books Armies of the Macedonian and Punic Wars and Armies and Enemies of Imperial Rome. This figure is taken from illustration 44 in AMPW.

The 's' designation was used to distinguish the newer 25mm style of models from the preceding, smaller 1/72nd range. The transition was soon complete and the 's' - special - was dropped from the figure codes thereafter. 

The base is stamped PB 44 on the upper surface in the usual manner.

This example has the chunky style spear, which is truly enormous, getting on a pike really. A later version had a more slender version of the weapon.