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Denarius - Juba II and Cleopatra Selene Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 20 BC - 24 AD |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | BACIΛI KΛЄΟΠΑΤΡA |
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Juba II was installed as client king of Mauretania by Augustus around 25 BC — not a native ruler reclaiming ancestral lands, but a Numidian prince raised and educated in Rome who had literally grown up in Julius Caesar's household after his father's defeat at Thapsus in 46 BC. 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. Their joint coinage was a calculated Augustan project: two dynastic orphans of the civil wars, repackaged as loyal Mediterranean monarchs.
The Caesarea mint struck denarii across a reign spanning nearly five decades, making precise dating within the series difficult without cross-referencing regnal year legends where present.