Juba II Cleopatra Selene KINGDOM MAURETANIA Denarius NGC AU55

KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Cleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (2.99 g, 6h). Caesarea mint. Struck AD 11-23. Diademed head of Juba right / Diademed head of Cleopatra left; drapery at neck. Mazard 361; MAA 108; SNG Copenhagen 566. Attractively toned. Very rare.
From the Jörg Müller Collection.
For almost fifty years Juba II maintained order in North Africa as one of Rome's most loyal client kings. In AD 11, he had been given Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII of Egypt, as a wife by a grateful Augustus, and their son, Ptolemy, succeeded him in 24 AD.

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