MAURETANIAN KINGDOM. Juba II (25 BC-AD 23/24), with Cleopatra Selene. AR denarius (19mm, 2.97 gm, 5h). NGC AU 5/5 - 3/5, brushed. Caesarea in Mauretania, ca. AD 16-17. REX IVBA, diademed head of Juba II right / BACIΛICCA / KΛЄOΠATPA, crocodile advancing left; dotted border. SNG Copenhagen 8, 568-569. Mazard 344. Nicely struck with underlying polychromatic and moody toning. The crocodile on the reverse is an allusion to Queen Cleopatra of Mauretania's maternal heritage. She was the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra, the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty that had ruled Egypt, a land fertile with crocodiles, for three centuries. In the same period, Augustus also struck denarii with a crocodile on the reverse, which celebrated the Roman conquest of Egypt. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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