Numidian coin for king Massinissa

Massinissa in Berber or amazigh language means (the master of there people) and he is who made the first united numidian kingdom and my people still remember him as the first leader who tried to unite all the amazigh people of north africa after falls of Carthage and the famous words was
" Africa for the Africans " that is before Arab people came to north africa
KINGS OF NUMIDIA, MASSINISSA, 203-148 B.C.
. Æ (28 MM, 14.20 GM., 11H) VF
Obv: Laureate and bearded head left
Rev: Horse galloping left; pellet below

 

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An amazing piece and interesting history.

 

thank you

 

muhab => very cool addition ...

I have a similar type of example

Kings of Numidia Micipsa, AE27
Date: 148-114 BC
Size: 26.76mm
Weight: 15.2 grams
Obverse: Micipsa left
Reverse: Horse galloping left., counterstamp head of Ammon left
Attribution: SNG Cop 508, Maz 55
Description: A nice bronze with bold and clear counterstamp of the head of Ammon



148 BC

=> my example picks-up the torch where your example left-off

 

...and another.



Steve's is the Ammon in Utero variety, mine is the Unicorn variety

 

wow this is so cool but this is micipsa sun of massnissa so there is little different than i got but thanks for this nice photo

 

do u have this coin in real or its just picture from website ?

 

It's mine, purchased from CT member valentinian. He has a variety of interesting coins for sale here: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/coinlist.html
as well as a website with various articles and information about ancient coins.
http://esty.ancients.info/

 

u mean there is people buying this coins ??? hhhhhhhhh i only found my coins for free hhhhh

 

Unless CoinTalkers who don't live in Eurasia move there, we will have to keep trading modern money for our ancient coins

 

ok but i think its more exciting when you find an ancient coin than just buy it ...

 

I agree! Not much I can do about that though.

 

Living in Florida, it may be somewhat difficult to find any ancient coins anywhere nearby. I travel to Europe at least once every year, but it's rather difficult to get involved in a dig or metal detecting.

 

aha ... yeah i agree with you ... here we got alot of ancient places and coins and still you can find old coin every time

 

Perhaps I should come visit you. Sounds like it could be an interesting and productive trip.

 

yeah sure any time you are welcome

 

Your coin has inspired me to do a little research into this culture, which I previously knew nothing about. It would seem the bronzes of Numidia are quite scarce, although I haven't gotten the hang of discerning between the coins of Masinissa and his son Micipsa yet.

The wiki article on Masinissa seems good, if brief, but I wouldn't know how accurate it was...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masinissa

 

there is books about numidian coins and how to know the different between massnissa coin and his sun masicipa and its on the symbole under the horse on coin
each of those symbols means the name of the king

 

hhhh no its not unicorn this is ear of horse