NEWP: Kings of Mauretania, Juba II. Denarius
Zohar
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Its been a few months since I had added to my ancient collection. I passed on this one at the NYINC given other priorities. I had not seen this type prior and what made it a compelling buy was the Capricorn on the reverse.
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, 25 BC - AD 23/24. AR Denarius, 19mm, 2.81gr, dated RY 42 (AD 17-18), Caesarea mint. Obv. REX IVBA, head of Hercules right, within dotted border. Rev. Capricorn right date below, all within dotted border. Mazard 211; SNG Copenhagen 587. A stunningly beautiful coin with a multicolored iridescence of opalescent lilac and aquamarine. NGC MS* 5/5, 5/5.
KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, 25 BC - AD 23/24. AR Denarius, 19mm, 2.81gr, dated RY 42 (AD 17-18), Caesarea mint. Obv. REX IVBA, head of Hercules right, within dotted border. Rev. Capricorn right date below, all within dotted border. Mazard 211; SNG Copenhagen 587. A stunningly beautiful coin with a multicolored iridescence of opalescent lilac and aquamarine. NGC MS* 5/5, 5/5.
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What's the history of Mauretania?
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Was part the Berber Kingdoms in North Africa during ancient times (Now Morocco) as was Kingdom of Numidia (Now Libya). Juba I/II were the rulers.
Here is Juba I of Numidia - LINK
As you may have heard, I'm rather fond of capricorn coinage myself.
That's my "sign".
What an amazing piece, Z.
PS- I notice the capricorns on ancient coins are often portrayed with a globe. And the globes (at least in the case of your coin here and the Roman denarius I linked to) have some kind of crosshatching on them... almost like longitude and latitude lines!? But surely that wouldn't have been the case, so long ago? I'd be interested to hear if anyone can say more about this.
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I really don't know much about their history or context. I buy what appeals to me (I conducts some price discovery) and then read up a bit on history.