bgr_260708 - NUMIDIA - KINGDOM OF NUMIDIA - MASINISSA or MICIPSA Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 200-150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cirta, Maurétanie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait à l’usure régulière. Jolie revers avec les lettres puiniques bien visibles. Patine noire légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue du roi (Masinissa ou Micipsa à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION PUNIQUE (KN).
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Les lettres (KN) pourraient être interprétées comme une date.
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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