Denarius - Ptolemy Caesarea

Ptolemy of Mauretania — son of Juba II and Cleopatra Selene, and the last client king of his dynasty — struck this issue during the early years of his reign, which began around 23 AD following his father's death. His kingdom occupied a peculiar position in the Roman orbit: nominally independent, culturally sophisticated, and personally connected to both the Ptolemaic line of Egypt and the Roman imperial family through his mother. Caligula had him summoned to Rome and executed in 40 AD, reportedly out of jealousy over his splendid purple cloak at the games — after which Mauretania was absorbed directly into the empire as two provinces.