Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II with Cleopatra Selene AR Denarius. Caesarea, circa AD 11-23. REX IVBA, diademed head of Juba right / BACIΛICCA KΛEΟΠΑΤΡA, six-pointed star within crescent. Mazard 299; MAA 97; SNG Copenhagen 567. 3.16g, 19mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine; attractive light cabinet tone. Extremely Rare.
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique;
Ex private French collection and from the Banasa / El Ksar Hoard of 1907 (IGCH 2307).
The Banasa Hoard, deposited in circa AD 18-17 was found in 1907 near modern day Souk-el Arbaa, 120 km northeast of Rabat, Morocco, in 1907. The hoard was previously said to be from Alkazar (El Ksar El Kebir), 70 km south of Tangier and hence is occasionally referred to as the El Ksar Hoard. The group contained approximately 4000 silver coins and one bronze. A substantial number of the coins now reside in public collections, principally in London, Paris, Berlin, Athens, New York and Algiers.