v59_0209 - NUMIDIA - KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA - MASINISSA or MICIPSA Quart d’unité
MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 750.00 €
Starting price : 380.00 €
Estimate : 650.00 €
Realised price : 380.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 750.00 €
Type : Quart d’unité
Date: c. 200-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cirta, Numidie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,25 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait du roi. Joli revers bien centré. Belle patine marron foncé
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de M. Singer (Orléans) en 1991 et de la collection du docteur Thierry de Craeker
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue du roi (Massinissa ou Micipsa à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Cheval debout à gauche ; au-dessus, croissant renversé surmonté d’un globule.
Commentary
Les monnaies divisionnaires pour le royaume de Numidie semblent beaucoup plus rares que les unités. C’est la première fois que nous présentons ce type à la vente.
Historical background
NUMIDIA - KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA - MASINISSA or MICIPSA
(203-148 BC)
The Numidians were nomads. Their leader, Massinissa made his appearance in history at the time of the second Punic war. He betrayed the Carthaginians and became an ally of the Romans and Scipio. Great winner in Africa after the battle of Zama in 202 BC, he carved out a kingdom in North Africa at the gates of Carthage. He spent the next fifty years consolidating his kingdom and challenging Carthage using the Romans. He died at the start of the Third Punic War (149-146 BC). His eldest son, Micipsa succeeded him with his two brothers and reigned for thirty years.
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