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As - Massinissa or Micipsa with punic letters

Issuer Numidia
Year 203 BC - 118 BC
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Weight 13.41 g
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Reverse script Punic
Reverse lettering 𐤌𐤍
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Additional information

Numidia's bronze coinage was never a bureaucratic exercise — Massinissa built his kingdom's monetary system almost from scratch after Zama, having spent years as a Roman ally without a functioning royal mint of his own. The span covering his reign and that of his son Micipsa runs nearly nine decades, and attribution between the two rulers remains contested for many issues; the Punic legends offer partial guidance but no clean resolution.

Massinissa died in 148 BC at a reported age of ninety, still commanding troops at Carthage's siege.