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Denarius - Juba I
| Issuer | Numidia |
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| Year | 60 BC - 46 BC |
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| Weight | 3.06 g |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bearded bust of Juba I facing right, wearing an elaborate diadem and royal robes, with a sceptre visible over the shoulder. The portrait is rendered in a vigorous Hellenistic style, with detailed treatment of the beard and hair. The Latin legend REX·IVBA appears in the field to the right of the effigy, reading downward. The coin is struck on an irregular flan with a beaded border. |
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| Reverse script | Latin/Neo-Punic |
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Juba I allied with Pompey and the Optimate faction against Caesar, a decision that ended at Thapsus in 46 BC when his forces were routed. Rather than submit to Roman captivity, he arranged a mutual suicide with the Roman commander Marcus Petreius. Numidia was annexed immediately after, making this denarius series one of the last independent coinages struck before the kingdom ceased to exist as a sovereign entity — the mint closed not by reform but by conquest.