Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II, with Cleopatra Selene, AR Denarius. Caesarea, circa AD 11-23. REX IVBA, laureate head right / ΒΑΣΙΛΙ ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑ, head of Cleopatra Selene left. Mazard 364; MAA 107-8; cf. SNG Copenhagen 566 (rev. legend and bust variant); Roma XII, lot 58 (same dies). 3.31g 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine, lightly toned with blue iridescence. Beautiful style, with a very sensitive portrait of Cleopatra Selene. Extremely Rare.
Acquired from Phidias (Paris), vente numismatique;
Ex private French collection and from the Banasa / El Ksar Hoard of 1907 (IGCH 2307).