unique numide coin found in algeria

[ilyes1113]

numides are people who lives in northern africa.before the roman invasion.
this is juba 1.the king allian of pompei eguainst julius caisar.
im sorry ido languistique faults

 

[TooManyHobbies]

Very nice find. Is it silver?

 

[CRUSADER]

Very nice find. Is it silver?

Looks silver. must be circa 50BC

WELCOME to Tnet

 

[phantomfinder]

Very sweet looking coin ..... . WTG

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Beautiful, keep posting those finds!

 

[Mackaydon]

Ilyes:
Welcome to Treasure Net.

Here's another one like yours:
http://home-1.concepts.nl/~bjrlind/foto/Africa/Juba I/ae-27 13 gr.jpg

"This (similar) coin is from Numidia. It is dated to the reign of Juba I (60-46 B.C. )The obverse has the head of Zeus-Ammon. An image of an elephant walking is on the reverse. [Note - Numidia was an ancient Berber kingdom in northern Africa. It came under Roman rule in 46 B.C."

 

[PBK]

Nice work as always, Don!

These links might also be of interest:

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/numidia/i.html

http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/numidia/hippo_regius/i.html

 

[ohannos]

That is a very nice looking coin. Thanks for showing it.

 

[ilyes1113]

thanks to all.specialy MACKAYDON+PBK.
in algeria there is only 4.coins .2 in cirta national musem...2 in my clondistan collection
this one is the best concerved.
this is the 2 coins that i found.the second is not cleened

 

[The Bulgarian]

Very nice coin mate.Welcome on board.

 

[HolyDiver]

Nice find, that's a keeper! Thanks for posting.

 

[woody50]

Very nice silver find! And welcome to this forum!

 

[MalteseFalcon]

Congratulations! That is one OLD coin!