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Denarius - Juba II Caesarea
| Issuer | Juba II, King of Mauretania |
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| Year | 11 |
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| Value | 1 Denarius |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of Juba II facing right, wearing the lion-skin headdress of Herakles-Melqart, with the scalp knotted beneath the chin and the forepaws draped over the shoulders, reflecting the king's Hellenistic dynastic pretensions. The hair is rendered in flowing, naturalistic locks falling to the neck, with finely detailed facial features including a prominent ear and chin. A dotted border frames the design. The Latin legend REX IVBA appears in the field to the right of the portrait, partially arranged vertically. |
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| Reverse description | A crocodile rendered in profile to the left occupies the central field, depicted with an open mouth and detailed scaly body, serving as an allusion to Egypt and the Nile, reflecting Juba II's cultural and political connections with the Augustan world. A palm branch appears to the upper left, symbolising victory and royal authority. The reverse bears the Latin regnal year notation R XXX VI — denoting regnal year 36 in the Mauretanian calendar era — flanked around the crocodile. The entire design is enclosed within a dotted border on an irregularly shaped flan characteristic of Mauretanian hammered coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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