bgr_237480 - MAURETANIA - IOL (CAESAREA) Quart d’unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Quart d’unité
Date: (c. 150-100 AC.)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Iol, Maurétanie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, légèrement décentré au droit, à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé, légèrement tachée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LETTRE PUNIQUE.
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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