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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8665967, member: 87809&quot;]Greek Kings of Numidia, <b>M</b>icipsa or <b>M</b>assinissa</p><p><br /></p><p>Massinissa issued an extensive coinage in bronze, but his coins cannot be reliably distinguished from the coins of his sons who reigned after him: Micipsa, Gulussa, and Mastanabal, because the coins are either not inscribed or usually inscribed with the Punic letters mem and nun, where &quot;mem&quot; means “Water” and &quot;nun&quot; means “Snake”. The current practice of most catalogues is to attribute the coins to “Kings of Numidia, Massinissa or Micipsa (?)” or similar</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ 26 (haven&#039;t weighted it yet)</p><p>Numidia, Cirta (?) 148 -118 BC</p><p>Müller 25; SNG Copenhagen 510-512; Sear 6596;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Anepigraphic; laureate, bearded head to left</p><p>Rev.: Horse rearing to left; Punic letters (mem) and (nun) below horse.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1520227[/ATTACH]&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]1520228[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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