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Denarius - Bogud and Bocchus II
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 47 BC - 46 BC |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | A griffin stands to the right in the central field, rendered in bold relief with outstretched wings and leonine hindquarters; above the creature, a winged solar disk with radiating feathered wings occupies the upper field, while a thunderbolt is depicted below the griffin's body. The Latin legend REX BOCVT is distributed across the field to the left and right of the central device. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded border, characteristic of Mauretanian royal coinage of the mid-first century BC. |
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| Reverse description | A winged griffin, depicted in vigorous high relief, attacks a stag to the left; the griffin grasps the stag with its foreclaws, the stag's antlered head straining forward under the assault, its body collapsed beneath the predator. The composition conveys dramatic movement and energy, consistent with the Hellenistic artistic tradition prevalent in North African royal coinage. The field is plain and the design is contained within a beaded border. No legend or additional inscription appears on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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