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E-auction 550-477621 - bgr_869373 - NUMIDIA - RUSICADE Triple shekel

NUMIDIA - RUSICADE Triple shekel VF
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Estimate : 100 €
Price : 20 €
Maximum bid : 20 €
End of the sale : 30 October 2023 14:01:40
bidders : 6 bidders
Type : Triple shekel
Date: c. 150 AC.
Mint name / Town : Numidie, Rusicade ou Utique
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 15,64 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Têtes laurées et accolées des Dioscures à droite surmontées d’une étoile.

Reverse


Reverse legend : [AS].
Reverse description : Deux chevaux au pas à droite.

Commentary


Ce type est parfois attribué à l’atelier de Rusicade (Philippeville, Algérie) ou d’Utique (Tunisie). L’attribution est controversée. Jacques Alexandropoulos semble pencher pour Utique qui était l’ennemi irréductible de Carthage.

Historical background


NUMIDIA - RUSICADE

(2nd century BC)

Rusicade is a Phoenician establishment of which there is no evidence. The site was absorbed by the Roman colony of Sittani under the name of: Colonia Julia Veneria Rusicade. The town of Philippeville was founded in 1836 on the ruins of the Roman city.

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