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Numidia, Macomades AE, anonymous.

Started by capnbirdseye, September 06, 2023, 10:58:02 AM

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capnbirdseye

Not sure where this belongs

Macomades was established as an inland Punic trading post under the name MQMʾ (Punic: 𐤌𐤒𐤌𐤀,[1] "Place"). It was about 64 kilometers (40 mi) from Cirta. It issued its own bronze coins with an Egyptian-style god's head obverse and a reverse bearing either a hog and galloping horse or a disk in a crescent, a symbol of the Punic goddess Tanit.

A rather poor example but not a common coin
Obv: crude male bust to right
Rev: Rhino?
Weight, g: 4.45
Size, mm: 21
Mint: Macomades
Date: ND (before 46 BCE)
Metal: AE
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THCoins

Another coin type i was not aware of its existence. Boar or rhino sounds probable. Looking for comparable specimen stresses its rarity. These do not go cheap, posibly because of the link to Carthago.

capnbirdseye

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Quote from: THCoins on September 07, 2023, 05:45:32 PMAnother coin type i was not aware of its existence. Boar or rhino sounds probable. Looking for comparable specimen stresses its rarity. These do not go cheap, posibly because of the link to Carthago.

There is one other of this type on zeno as you may have noticed, it's auction result was 500 EUR although it's condition looks to be uncirculated but still very crudely made dies,  it confirms the animal as a Boar

Auction
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