v11_0197 - KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA - ADHERBAL Bronze AE26
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 92.00 €
Starting price : 91.47 €
Estimate : 182.94 €
Realised price : 92.00 €
Type : Bronze AE26
Date: c. 118-112 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cirta
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de bonne qualité pour un type souvent mal frappé. patine marron foncé. Beau portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée et barbue d’Adherbal à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : INSCRIPTION PUNIQUE (AL).
Reverse description : Cheval bondissant à gauche ; au-dessus, petite tête de Zeus-Ammon tournée à gauche.
Historical background
KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA - ADHERBAL
(118-112 BC)
Adherbal is the grandson of Masinissa (202-148 BC) and the son of Micipsa (148-118 BC). On the death of Micipsa, his two sons Adherbal and Hiempsal shared his estate. A third, illegitimate son, Jugurtha, came to complicate the succession. The latter quickly had Hiempsal assassinated. Adherbal and Jugurtha then shared Mauretania. Adherbal received Eastern Numidia with Cirta. Jugurtha finally got rid of his half-brother and seized Cirta in 112 BC.
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