v25_0134 - NUMIDIA - CIRTA Quadruple unité, (GB, Æ 37)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 320.00 €
Realised price : 353.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 650.00 €
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 320.00 €
Realised price : 353.00 €
Number of bids : 8
Maximum bid : 650.00 €
Type : Quadruple unité, (GB, Æ 37)
Date: c. 46 AC
Mint name / Town : Cirta
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 36,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 30,35 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Usure importante, mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE NÉO-PUNIQUE (CRTN - BDMLKART OU HNA).
Obverse description : Tête tourelée de Tyché à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Porte de ville crénelée, avec deux passages voûtés, surmontée d’une arche décorée d’un globule et de deux lauriers.
Commentary
Contremarque : un caducée dans un rond.
Historical background
NUMIDIA - CIRTA
(1st century BC)
The first mention of the city of Cirta goes back to Polybius (XXXVI, 16, 10) on the occasion of the death of Masinissa in 148 BC. Micipsa, successor of Masinissa embellished the city which could have counted more than 150,000 inhabitants according to Strabo. Cirta was the most important city of the Numidian kings, often disputed as during the war of Jugurtha. After the defeat of Juba I, Cirta was entrusted to an adventurer P. Sittius who kept it for two years before being assassinated.
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