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Help For Identification Coin Greec?

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 Posted 07/04/2015  02:13 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add simone1978 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Goodmorning Help for identification possible coin greec? ciao Simone
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 Posted 07/04/2015  07:14 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add FVRIVS RVFVS to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
North Africa 'Numidia'
Micipsa 2nd century BC

Numidia was a Roman ally in the 3rd Punic War and rose in prominence after the elimination of Carthage as a competitor. The coin is in rough shape but does have a something stamped on the horse which adds some interest.
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Rufus is entirely correct - I didnt even know Numidia had issued coinage.

I looked up the counterstamp, it is apparently of Ammon, a god (A survivor from the Egyptian Amun, the greeks called him Zeus Ammon).
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I believe that Numidia as reward for her service was the beneficiary of Roman "foreign aid".
The rather impressive bronze coins of Micipsa were no doubt a part of the package. Probably recycled Carthaginian bronzes used to advertise the new regime in charge of the western portion of N Africa.
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interesting indeed, I didn't know they issued coins either.

dang good eye FR.
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Good Morning
Thanks for the answers I will insights on money that seems interesting from the historical aspect, the coin I found along with other modern coins and old, together there was a Roman coin I believe is false because I never view.
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