Denarius - Juba II Caesarea

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.