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Denarius - Juba II Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 18 |
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| Weight | 2.57 g |
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| Reverse lettering | RXXXXIII |
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| Mintage | 43 (18 AD) |
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Juba II ruled Mauretania as a client king under Augustus and Tiberius for over five decades — one of the longest reigns of any Roman client monarch. Educated in Rome and deeply Hellenized, he was more scholar than soldier, authoring works on geography, natural history, and theater that were cited by Pliny the Elder. His coinage reflects this dual identity, struck at Caesarea in a distinctly Roman idiom while quietly asserting local dynastic continuity.
Year 18 of his reign places this issue around 4 AD, roughly contemporaneous with Augustus's adoption of Tiberius.