v25_0136 - NUMIDIA - CIRTA Unité, (MB, Æ 26)
MONNAIES 25 (2006)
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 1 100.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 1 350.00 €
Starting price : 150.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
Realised price : 1 100.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 1 350.00 €
Type : Unité, (MB, Æ 26)
Date: c. 46-44 AC
Mint name / Town : Cirta
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,27 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Beaux portraits, mais flan irrégulier, en particulier sur les légendes. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : P. SITTIVS - [MVGONIANVS IIII VIR DECR DEC].
Obverse description : Tête nue de Publius Settius à droite.
Reverse
Reverse legend : DECRETO [D S P DE]CVRIONONVM].
Reverse description : Buste féminin drapé à droite.
Commentary
Pour ce type, les auteurs du Roman Provincial Coinage n’ont relevé qu’une paire de coins. Seulement deux exemplaires signalés. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF (BN. 712, poids 8,16 g).
For this type, the authors of the Roman Provincial Coinage noted only one pair of dies. Only two examples are reported. Same dies as the example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (BN. 712, weight 8.16 g)
For this type, the authors of the Roman Provincial Coinage noted only one pair of dies. Only two examples are reported. Same dies as the example in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF (BN. 712, weight 8.16 g)
Historical background
NUMIDIA - CIRTA
(1st century BC)
The first mention of the city of Cirta goes back to Polybius (XXXVI, 16, 10) on the occasion of the death of Masinissa in 148 BC. Micipsa, successor of Masinissa embellished the city which could have counted more than 150,000 inhabitants according to Strabo. Cirta was the most important city of the Numidian kings, often disputed as during the war of Jugurtha. After the defeat of Juba I, Cirta was entrusted to an adventurer P. Sittius who kept it for two years before being assassinated.
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