Catalog
Denarius - Juba II and Cleopatra Selene Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 11-23 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse lettering | BACIΛI KΛЄΟΠΑΤΡ (Translation: Queen Cleopatra) |
| Edge | Plain |
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Juba II was no ordinary client king. Raised in Rome after his father's defeat at Thapsus in 46 BC, he was educated alongside the future Augustus and became one of the most learned rulers of the ancient world, authoring treatises on geography, natural history, and theater. His queen, Cleopatra Selene, was the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra VII, brought to Rome as a child to walk in chains during Octavian's triumph of 29 BC. Augustus installed them both in Mauretania around 25 BC — a calculated pairing of prestige and utility on Rome's western African frontier.
The dating of this issue to 11–23 AD places it among the later joint coinage, after Cleopatra Selene had almost certainly died.