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Denarius - Juba II Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 6 |
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| Currency | Denarius (25BC-40AD) |
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| Reverse description | A heifer standing to the right, rendered in fine relief with carefully articulated musculature and hooves resting upon a clearly defined horizontal ground line. The animal's head is turned slightly forward, with both horns visible. In the exergue below the ground line, the Latin inscription R XXXI denotes the regnal year thirty-one of Juba II's reign, serving as a chronological marker consistent with the royal Mauretanian dating convention. |
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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 aristocrats and married to Cleopatra Selene — daughter of Antony and Cleopatra — he governed a kingdom that functioned as much as a cultural outpost of Rome as a North African polity. His coinage from Caesarea reflects that dual identity, struck to Roman weight standards but issued under his own authority.
The SNG Copenhagen gap is notable; surviving examples are thin on the ground in major reference collections.