bgr_603113 - MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA) Demi-unité

MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA) Demi-unité VF

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Price : 120.00 €

Type : Demi-unité

Date: 200-100 AC.

Mint name / Town : Iol, Maurétanie

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 2,69 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais exemplaire identifiable. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

GC.- - CNNM.553 - A.146 dc, pl. 17 - Cop.681 - Müller- - CNP.695 k

Obverse

Obverse legend : LETTRE PUNIQUE (TET, YOD ET ALEF).

Obverse description : Buste d’Isis à gauche, coiffé de la dépouille de vautour, surmontée d’un globe et d’un croissant ; marque abréviative derrière la tête.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LETTRES PUNIQUES (HET ET LAMED).

Reverse description : Trois épis d’orge.

Historical background

MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA)

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

The city was founded by the Phoenicians or the Carthaginians. Its name comes from the hero Iolaüs, nephew and guide of Hercules. The city was one of the two capitals of Bocchus. Iol before becoming the capital of the kingdom of Mauretania in the 1st century BC under Juba II - Caesarea or modern Cherchell - the city was part of independent Numidia. Iol was the main workshop in the region.

MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA) Quart d’unité VF

125.00 €

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MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA) Demi-unité XF

250.00 €