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Kingdom of Mauretania, Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene, AR Denarius. Caesarea, circa 25 BC - AD 24. [RE]X IVBA, diademed head to right / Headdress of Isis surmounted by corn ears on left, sistrum on right; BA-CIΛI-CCA across fields, [K]ΛЄΟΠΑΤΡA in exergue. Mazard 311; MAA 99; SNG Copenhagen 570. 2.84g, 18mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine; areas of flat strike, attractively toned.
From a private English collection.
The Ptolemaic princess Kleopatra Selene was born to Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony in about 40 BC, but the precise date of her death of is unknown - she may have died before AD 6/7 when Juba II married the Herodian Princess Glaphyra, but dated coin issues in her name indicate her being still alive until about AD 17 and that in fact Glaphyra was probably Juba's second wife while she still lived. It is known that by the time Juba II died in AD 23 she was already dead, as it is recorded that he was buried alongside his first wife in the Royal Mausoleum near ancient Iol, later Caesarea Mauretaniae, modern Cherchell in what is today Algeria.
Extremely Fine; areas of flat strike, attractively toned.
From a private English collection.
The Ptolemaic princess Kleopatra Selene was born to Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony in about 40 BC, but the precise date of her death of is unknown - she may have died before AD 6/7 when Juba II married the Herodian Princess Glaphyra, but dated coin issues in her name indicate her being still alive until about AD 17 and that in fact Glaphyra was probably Juba's second wife while she still lived. It is known that by the time Juba II died in AD 23 she was already dead, as it is recorded that he was buried alongside his first wife in the Royal Mausoleum near ancient Iol, later Caesarea Mauretaniae, modern Cherchell in what is today Algeria.