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Denarius - Juba II and Ptolemy Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 20-24 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bare diademed head of King Juba II facing right, rendered in a Hellenistic style with finely detailed hair and a royal diadem. The Latin legend REX IVBA is distributed in the field, REX to the right and IVBA to the left of the portrait. The effigy displays a strong, naturalistic profile characteristic of Mauretanian royal coinage struck at Caesarea. The flan is irregular, as typical of hammered provincial issues of this period. |
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| Mint | Caesarea (Mauretania) |
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Juba II ruled Mauretania as a client king under Augustus and Tiberius, having been raised and educated in Rome after his father's defeat at Thapsus in 46 BC — making him arguably more Roman than the kingdom he governed. These joint issues with his son Ptolemy, struck in the final years of Juba's reign, mark one of the few instances of formal co-regency coinage in the western client kingdoms. Ptolemy would rule alone after Juba's death around 23 AD, only to be summoned to Rome by Caligula and executed in 40 AD, ending the Mauretanian royal line entirely.