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As - Massinissa or Micipsa with punic letters

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Descrizione del rovescio	A horse galloping vigorously to the left, depicted in a lively, naturalistic Hellenistic style with all four legs extended mid-stride. The musculature and mane of the horse are rendered with some detail despite the roughly struck flan. Beneath the horse, in the lower field, appear two Punic characters reading 'MN', serving as a mint or royal attribution mark. The field is otherwise plain, and the coin's irregular edge is typical of hammered Numidian bronze issues.
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Informazioni aggiuntive	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.