Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II, with Cleopatra Selene, AR Denarius. Caesarea, circa 20 BC - AD 24. REX IVBA, diademed head of Juba right / Headdress of Isis with corn-ears; BAC-IΛI KΛЄΟΠΑΤΡ two lines across fields and below. Mazard 328; MAA 98; SNG Copenhagen 553. 3.46g, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Very Rare; no examples of this variety on CoinArchives.
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.