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Semis - Syphax Western Numidia, small beard, horseman left
| Issuer | Numidia |
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| Year | 213 BC - 202 BC |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse script | Punic |
| Reverse lettering | SPhQ HMMLKT (Translation: Syphax King) |
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Syphax ruled the Masaesyli tribe of western Numidia and spent much of his reign playing Rome and Carthage against each other with calculated opportunism — initially allying with Rome, then switching to Carthage after marrying Sophonisba, the daughter of the Carthaginian general Hasdrubal Gisco. That reversal ultimately cost him everything. Scipio defeated him at the Battle of the Great Plains in 203 BC, and Syphax died a Roman captive in Tibur shortly after. These bronzes were struck during the decades when his kingdom was at its greatest territorial extent.