Æ Unit - Juba I Cirta

Juba I ruled Numidia as a Roman client king until he backed the wrong side in Caesar's civil war — siding with Pompey and the optimates. After Caesar's decisive victory at Thapsus in 46 BC, Juba found himself without allies and, by most ancient accounts, arranged a mutual suicide pact with the Roman general Marcus Petreius rather than face capture. His kingdom was immediately annexed as the province Africa Nova. Bronze civic issues from Cirta effectively ceased with the annexation, making the terminus of this series precisely datable.