v19_0135 - NUMIDIA - KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA - MASINISSA or MICIPSA Unité de bronze, (MB, AE27)
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 220.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 355.00 €
Starting price : 200.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 220.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 355.00 €
Type : Unité de bronze, (MB, AE27)
Date: c. 150-120 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cirta
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage avec un très beau portrait, légèrement stylisé. Cheval élancé au revers. Flan légèrement irrégulier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue du roi (Masinissa ou Micipsa à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION PUNIQUE (AL).
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche ; au-dessous, un globule.
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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