Caesarea Mauretaniae: Iuba II. (25 v.-23 AD) and Kleopatra Selene (26-5 BC)

Categorisation

Nominal	Denar
Period	Roman Imperial period (30 BC - 284 AD)
Reign (Person)	Iuba II. (25 v.-23 AD) Kleopatra Selene (26-5 BC)
Coinage Right	Ancient Ruler's issue
Dating	20 BC - 24 AD
Mint	Caesarea Mauretaniae
Political Area	Kingdom of Mauretania
Region	Mauretania
Numismatic Field	Greek Numismatics
Language	Bilingual (Greek-Latin)

Materiality

Material	Silver
Diameter	19.00 mm
Weight	3.32 g
Die Axis	5 o'clock
Manufacturing	struck

Die properties

	Obverse	Reverse
Description	Kopf des Juba II. nach rechts, ein Diadem tragend	Links Isiskrone vor zwei Ähren, rechts Sistrum
Depicted Person	Iuba II. (25 v.-23 AD) ( König )	-
Picture concept	Portrait type: head (to the right) Ruler (male) (in portrait, wearing) Taenia (worn)	Headdress of Hathor (left) Sistrum (right)
Legend (edited)	REX – IVBA	ΒΑ-ΣΙ-ΛΙ(ΣΣΗΣ) / ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡ(ΑΣ)
Legend (plain)	REX – IVBA	ΒΑΣΙΛΙ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡ
Legend counterclockwise	Yes	-
Title (Latin)	Rex Iuba	-

References and Commentary

Reference Literature

J. Mazard, Corpus Nummorum Numidiae Mauretaniaeque, Paris 1955-1958. No. 321

SNG Dänemark, The Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum Copenhagen, Part 42: North Africa. Syrtica-Mauretania, Kopenhagen 1969. No. 550-552

Caesarea Mauretaniae: Iuba II. (25 v.-23 AD) and Kleopatra Selene (26-5 BC) [ PTSK_0285 ]