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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sulla80, post: 4691199, member: 99456&quot;]Reading <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/214156652/Numidian-Royal-Portrait-Copy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scribd.com/document/214156652/Numidian-Royal-Portrait-Copy" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, &quot;Numidian Royal Portrait&quot; by Maria Kormikiari, with a nice overview of the relationship between the Berber people/Numidians (nomadic, “nomades”, became “Numidiæ” in Latin), the Carthaginians and the Romans.&nbsp; Perhaps not surprising, there is an ancient coin involved.&nbsp;&nbsp; The horse on this coin is a link between Carthage and Numidians: Carthage&#039;s military relied on the strength of the Numidian cavalry.&nbsp; It was a blow to the Carthaginians when Masanissa switched sides in the Second Punic War (<a href="https://www.livius.org/articles/person/massinissa/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/articles/person/massinissa/" rel="nofollow">more here</a>).</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153380[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Kings of Numidia, Masinissa</b>, 208-148 BC</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Male head left</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Horse rearing left [palm with wreath ties behind?]</p><p><br /></p><p>The family relationships here become quickly complicated.&nbsp; Masinissa was that grandfather to Jugurta.&nbsp; In 105 BC, at war with the Romans, Jugurtha was betrayed by his father-in-law, Bocchus I, King of Mauretania, to Sulla, an event that facilitated the rise of Sulla in the Roman republic.&nbsp; Bocchus got part of Numidia in exchange and made a good business of supplying Rome with panthers and lions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another descendant of Masanissa is Juba II, a few generations later.&nbsp; Juba II&#039;s father was an ally to Pompey, who was defeated in 46 BC by Julius Caesar.&nbsp; Juba II was raised by Julius Caesar in Rome, fought alongside Octavian and was eventually restored as King of Mauretania by Octavian.&nbsp; One additional knot in this thread, Juba II&#039;s first wife was Cleopatra VII&#039;s daughter, and eventually Ptolemy ruled over Mauretania.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1153407[/ATTACH]<b>Kings of Mauritania, Juba II</b>, 25 BC-AD 24, AR Denarius, Caesarea mint</p><p><b>Obv:</b> Diademed head right</p><p><b>Rev:</b> Cornucopia; transverse scepter in background, crescent to upper right[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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