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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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238
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €200
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Mauretania, Juba I (60 BC–46 BC). Quinar ND (c. 49–46 BC), Utica.
Obv. REX IVBA. Laureate bust of Victory facing right.
Rev. IOBAI HMMLKT (in Punic script). Free-running horse galloping to the right.
Maz.87 – SNG Cop.525 – RPC.718; Silver – 1.73 g – 14.5 mm – 11 h
From a Classical Numismatic Group Triton XVIII auction, 6 January 2015, lot 798.
Slightly off-centre strike. Previously cleaned; the fields show some pitting. Deep anthracite patina. TTB to Superb.
Juba I, like his father Hiempsal II, was an ally of Rome and Pompey the Great. His monetary system was based on the Roman denarius, quinarius and sesterce, probably struck at Utica. In 49 BC, his army defeated Caesar’s Roman legions, commanded by Curio. In 47 BC, Caesar was in Africa and faced Mettellus Scipio, general of Pompey’s legions. Caesar won the Battle of Thapsus, whilst Juba retreated to Zama, where he died in battle against Marcus Petreius. He was the father of Juba II, who was raised in Rome by Octavia
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