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Æ25 - Adherbal
| Issuer | Numidia |
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| Year | 118 BC - 112 BC |
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| Diameter | 25 mm |
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| Reverse description | A horse prancing vigorously to the left, depicted in a lively, spirited posture with forelegs raised and mane flowing. A six-pointed star appears in the upper field above the horse's back, and a single pellet is placed in the lower field beneath the animal. The design is unadorned by inscriptions, relying solely on these symbolic devices within the plain field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Adherbal inherited the eastern half of Numidia after the kingdom was divided between him and his brother Hiempsal following the death of Micipsa in 118 BC. The arrangement was almost immediately unstable — Jugurtha, their illegitimate half-brother, had Hiempsal murdered within months and spent the next several years maneuvering against Adherbal diplomatically and militarily. Bronze coinage from Adherbal's reign is necessarily short-lived; Jugurtha besieged and captured Cirta in 112 BC, executing Adherbal and triggering the Jugurthine War with Rome.