Algeria 1994 10 dinars KM-134
This specimen was lot 1446 in Stephen Album sale 47 (Santa Rosa, CA, September 2023), where it sold for $144. The catalog description[1] noted, "ALGERIA: Republic, AR 10 dinars, 1994/AH1415, KM-134, Jugurtha, King of Numidia, prooflike, Choice Unc, ex Wolfgang Schuster Collection."
Wikipedia notes,
"Jugurtha or Jugurthen (Libyco-Berber Yugurten or Yugarten, c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who had adopted Jugurtha, died in 118 BC, Jugurtha and his two adoptive brothers, Hiempsal and Adherbal, succeeded him. Jugurtha arranged to have Hiempsal killed and, after a civil war, defeated and killed Adherbal in 112 BC."
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 14.6 g, 0.835 fine silver, 31. 5 mm diameter.
Catalog reference: KM 134.
- Michael, Thomas, and Tracy L. Schmidt, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1901-2000, 47th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2019.
- [1]Album, Stephen, Joseph Lang, Paul Montz, Michael Barry and Norman Douglas Nicol, Auction 47, Santa Rosa, CA: Stephen Album Rare Coins, Inc., 2023.
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