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Denarius - Juba II and Ptolemy Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 6 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Diademed and draped bust of the young prince Ptolemy, son of Juba II, facing right, with elaborately beaded and braided hair adorned with a royal diadem; a fibula or brooch is visible at the right shoulder securing the drapery. The regnal year numeral R XXXI appears in the field before the bust, denoting the thirty-first year of Juba II's reign (6 AD). The portrait exhibits a refined Hellenistic artistic style consistent with the Caesarean royal mint output. |
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| Reverse lettering | R XXXI |
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Juba II ruled Mauretania as a client king under Augustus, having been raised in Rome after his father's defeat at Thapsus in 46 BC — educated alongside Roman nobility, fluent in Greek, and personally acquainted with the imperial family. This coin, issued in regnal year 6, belongs to his joint coinage with Ptolemy, his son by Cleopatra Selene II, daughter of Antony and Cleopatra VII. The pairing of father and son on a silver issue was a deliberate dynastic statement at a moment when Juba was securing Ptolemy's succession within the Roman client framework.
The CNNM reference without corresponding MAA or SNG Copenhagen numbers suggests this remains a poorly represented type in major collection surveys.