Syphax, King of Numidia, Ca 213-202 BC. AE26mm (10.04 gm). 

Diademed and bearded head left
Horseman galloping left; dot and Punic legend "sphq hmmlkt" 
in cartouche below. 

Mazard 10; SNG Copenhagen 492. Good VF, black patina. Extremely Rare. ($1000) 

Syphax was king of the Masaesyles in western Mauretania. 
He allied himself with the Carthaginian Hasdrubal, who 
offered Syphax his daughter Sophonisba in marriage.

With permission of cngcoins.com, 2001.