Juba II ruled Mauretania as a client king under Augustus and later Tiberius — educated in Rome, personally acquainted with the imperial household, and culturally more Roman than Berber by most accounts. His coinage, struck at Caesarea, reflects that duality: a Romanized king maintaining a local mint that produced issues for nearly five decades, one of the longest reigns of any client ruler in the western empire.
Year 9 of his reign places this piece around 15 BC by conventional reckoning, using the era beginning with Augustus's confirmation of his kingship circa 25 BC.
Juba II ruled Mauretania as a client king under Augustus and later Tiberius — educated in Rome, personally acquainted with the imperial household, and culturally more Roman than Berber by most accounts. His coinage, struck at Caesarea, reflects that duality: a Romanized king maintaining a local mint that produced issues for nearly five decades, one of the longest reigns of any client ruler in the western empire.
Year 9 of his reign places this piece around 15 BC by conventional reckoning, using the era beginning with Augustus's confirmation of his kingship circa 25 BC.