Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II AR Denarius. Caesarea, dated year 36 = AD 11/12. REX IVBA, head of Juba as youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Cornucopiae filled with grape bunches, ornate trident tied with fillet in background; R-XXXVI around. Mazard -, cf. 255 (bust with lion skin headdress); MAA -, cf. 155 (same); SNG Copenhagen -, cf. 564 (same). 3.30g, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine. Unpublished in the standard references and apparently unique.
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 20-24 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.