Mauretania, 20-19 BC., Juba II. with Cleopatra Selene, Denarius, Mazard 357.
Mauretania, Iuba II. (25 BC-AD 24) with Cleopatra Selene, dated year 6 = 20-19 BC.,
Denarius (17-18 mm / 2,22 g),
Obv.: [REX IVB]A REGIS IVBA[E F R A VI] , his head left.
Rev.: BAC[IΛICCA KΛE] - OΠATP[A] , her head left.
SNG Cop. 546 ; Mazard 357 ; Sear 6000 ; Müller III, 108, 87 .
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.