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v25_0133 - MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA) Quart d’unité, (PB, Æ 16)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 286.00 €
Starting price : 195.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
Realised price : 195.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 286.00 €
Type : Quart d’unité, (PB, Æ 16)
Date: c. 150-100 AC.
Mint name / Town : Iol
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien conservé pour un monnayage souvent fruste. Beau portrait. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste d’Isis à gauche, coiffé de la dépouille de vautour, surmontée d’un globe et d’un croissant.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
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.
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