Mauretania, ŠMŠ. Volubilis?, c. 2nd-1st century BC
Mauretania, ŠMŠ. Volubilis?, c. 2nd-1st century BC
$1,250.00
AE, 3.93g (19mm, 6h).
Facing head of Baal-Melqart / Star between corn ear on l. and bunch of grapes on r.; MQM ŠMŠ above and below (in Neo-Punic script)
References: MAA 179; Mazard 645 (Lixus); SNG Copenhagen 707-711 (Lixus)
Grade: Unusual and attractive forward facing portrait of the god Baal-Melqart. Reverse has some elements worn or off flan. EF
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The god Baal-Melqart is the north African equivalent of Herakles. Often gods have different names depending on the culture from which it identifies.