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KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Ptolemy. 25 BC-AD 24. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.15 g, 8h). Caesarea mint. REX • IVBA, diademed head of Juba right, drapery on far shoulder / REX • PTOLEMAEVS • REGIS • IVBÆ F •, diademed and draped bust of Ptolemy left. Spoerri-Butcher II, Group B, dies A6/R2, 16 (this coin); Mazard 379; MAA 111; SNG Copenhagen –. Toned, flan crack, scratches, small flan flaw on obverse. Good VF. Rare.
From the TAB Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1786; Münzen und Medaillen AG 85 (11 April 1997), lot 157.
Ptolemy was not the strong leader his father had been, and increasing restiveness among the tribes led to the outbreak of several revolts, which he could not quell. Ptolemy was called to Rome for consultations in AD 40, where he was murdered by the unstable emperor Gaius Caligula. Mauretania was formally annexed to the empire in AD 44, and the revolts were brutally crushed by Roman legions. These rare coins in the name of "Ptolemy, son of King Juba" affirm the continuity of the Mauretanian dynasty and its long dedication to the "Roman Peace" of Augustus at a time when strains were opening in the relationship between overlord and client king. The death of Ptolemy marked the final end of the dynasty begun by his illustrious ancestor, Ptolemy I Soter.
From the TAB Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 142 (10 October 2005), lot 1786; Münzen und Medaillen AG 85 (11 April 1997), lot 157.
Ptolemy was not the strong leader his father had been, and increasing restiveness among the tribes led to the outbreak of several revolts, which he could not quell. Ptolemy was called to Rome for consultations in AD 40, where he was murdered by the unstable emperor Gaius Caligula. Mauretania was formally annexed to the empire in AD 44, and the revolts were brutally crushed by Roman legions. These rare coins in the name of "Ptolemy, son of King Juba" affirm the continuity of the Mauretanian dynasty and its long dedication to the "Roman Peace" of Augustus at a time when strains were opening in the relationship between overlord and client king. The death of Ptolemy marked the final end of the dynasty begun by his illustrious ancestor, Ptolemy I Soter.