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Denarius - Juba II Caesarea
| Issuer | Mauretania |
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| Year | 25 BC - 24 AD |
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| Currency | Denarius (25BC-40AD) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Juba II was installed as client king of Mauretania by Augustus in 25 BC — not because of any Mauretanian claim, but because he had been raised and educated in Rome after his father, Juba I of Numidia, was defeated at Thapsus in 46 BC. His coinage reflects that upbringing: the mint at Caesarea produced issues heavily influenced by Roman monetary practice, unusual for a nominally independent kingdom on the North African fringe.
His nearly five-decade reign is one of the longest of any Roman client ruler.