1/2 Unit Lixus

Lixus, on the Atlantic coast of what is now northern Morocco, was among the oldest Phoenician foundations in the far west — ancient sources, including Pliny, claimed it predated even Gadir (Cádiz). The city struck its own bronze coinage under Mauretanian authority during the final century BC, a period when the kingdom was navigating the gravitational pull of Rome with increasing difficulty. Juba I allied with Pompey and paid for it; his kingdom was annexed by Caesar in 46 BC, though local civic issues continued under shifting arrangements.

The Copenhagen variant notation here suggests a die difference not fully catalogued in the standard references.