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Denarius - Juba II and Ptolemy Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 20-24 |
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| Currency | Denarius (25BC-40AD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Diademed and draped bust of the young co-regent Ptolemy facing left, rendered with curling hair and a prominent diadem; drapery falls across the chest and shoulder in a Hellenistic manner. The surrounding Latin legend, bearing the royal title, is inscribed retrograde around the field within a beaded border, a notable feature of Mauretanian coinage under Juba II. The bust is positioned centrally with fine detail in the facial features and hair, reflecting the Greco-Roman artistic tradition prevalent at the court of Caesarea. |
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Juba II ruled Mauretania as a client king under Augustus and Tiberius, having been raised in Rome after his father's defeat at Thapsus in 46 BC — a man more scholar than soldier, who published works on natural history, theater, and Libyan geography. This issue, struck between AD 20 and 24, names both Juba and his son Ptolemy as co-rulers, a period when the aging king was preparing his succession. Ptolemy would reign alone until Caligula had him executed in AD 40, reportedly out of jealousy over the attention Ptolemy's purple cloak drew at a gladiatorial spectacle in Rome.