Description: Zeugitania, Utica, 2nd century BC. Laureate heads of the Dioskouroi, jugate, right / Two horses advancing right, Punic legend above

Diameter: AE29 mm

Weight: 13,04 g

Grade: F/F

Attribution: SNG Cop 428-430; Alexandropoulos 390, 109

Commentary: rare; olive-green patina with some deposits and minor breaks, good for the type

History: Utica lying just 40 km from Carthage sided with the Romans during the Third Punic War and was rewarded by becoming the capital of a new Roman province Africa.

Article Number: 046-05-04-41652