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Denarius - Cleopatra Selene Caesarea
| Issuer | Kingdom of Mauretania (Cleopatra Selene II) |
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| Year | 25 BC - 24 AD |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse lettering | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΙΩΒΑ |
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Cleopatra Selene II was the daughter of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony, paraded through Rome in Octavian's triumph of 29 BC before being married off to Juba II of Mauretania — a dynastic arrangement that suited Rome's interest in a compliant client kingdom on the North African fringe. She brought Ptolemaic prestige to a court that deliberately cultivated Hellenistic and Egyptian cultural ties while remaining politically subordinate to Augustus.
The city name Caesarea in the coin's title refers to Iol-Caesarea, the Mauretanian capital renamed in honor of Augustus — a pointed act of loyalty from a queen whose entire position depended on Roman tolerance.