Template talk:Kings of Numidia

Talking about the "coat of arm" of Numidia

Monnaie : Denier, Argent, Incertain, Maurétanie, Juba II

The one version seems to be either completely invented (yes the one showed was highly stylized) or inspied as it does seem to exist and to have been used as a Numidian symbol as shown on this coin of Masinissa: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=massinissa&title=Special%3AMediaSearch&type=image (couldn't find a nicer exemple for now)

Perhaps a more accurate version should be made as a similar case like the Vergina sun also comes from art as the macedonians did not have a flag nor a coat of arm

What do any of y'all think? Sneakier (talk) 22:09, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

A sign in a coin (whose meaning is unknown) cannot be described as a coat of arms (unless the RS say so). M.Bitton (talk) 22:42, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

What’s the RS? Sneakier (talk) 07:44, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

I found an other exemple on a Juba II coin: Monnaie - Denier, Argent, Incertain, Maurétanie, Juba II - btv1b8484047x (2 of 2).jpg

I’ll keep looking to see how historians view the symbol and if it should be considered as a representation. Sneakier (talk) 17:17, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

RS means WP:RS (i.e., reliable sources). M.Bitton (talk) 23:44, 25 March 2026 (UTC)

Oh yeah it makes sense Sneakier (talk) 20:32, 26 March 2026 (UTC)

Could Luceius Albinus be added?

He is said to have styled himself as king in Mauretania during the year of the 4 emperors by adopting the name Juba and rebelling against Vitellius (so a self-delcared king). Which seems to fit with the template's idea more than rulers like Sabalus and Aedemon (who aren't in it) who only were rebels (or rebel kings in Sabalus's case). Sneakier (talk) 23:19, 11 April 2026 (UTC)