Kingdom of Numidia - Juba I
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Picked this up - very small and challenging for me to image.
Kings of Numidia (Numidia). 60-46 BC. Utica Mint. Juba I. AR Denarius. 17mm 4.01g 10h. REX IVBA REX• IVBA, diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, hair in three rows of ringlets with more ringlets radiating from crown, scepter over near shoulder / Neo-Punic legend. Rev: Octastyle temple or portico entrance with narrow staircase and narrow pedimental roof raised above entablature. MAA 29: SNG Copenhagen 523. NGC MS 4/5, 5/5.
Kings of Numidia (Numidia). 60-46 BC. Utica Mint. Juba I. AR Denarius. 17mm 4.01g 10h. REX IVBA REX• IVBA, diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, hair in three rows of ringlets with more ringlets radiating from crown, scepter over near shoulder / Neo-Punic legend. Rev: Octastyle temple or portico entrance with narrow staircase and narrow pedimental roof raised above entablature. MAA 29: SNG Copenhagen 523. NGC MS 4/5, 5/5.
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I was contemplating a similar design Augustus coin with the senate building on the reverse
I remember his name coming up quite a bit when reading about that pivotal era of power players like Caesar and Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
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<< <i>Beautiful coin. Was the blue paint on the columns done at the mint?
It's gun bluing. Betcha didn't know the ancient Numidians had firearms, did you?
Collector since 1976. On the CU forums here since 2001.