JUBA II & CLEOPATRA SELENE SILVER DENARIUS – BILINGUAL ISSUE WITH CROCODILE IN NAME OF CLEOPATRA VII’S DAUGHTER WITH MARC ANTONY – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA COIN (Inv. 19417)

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19417. KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA. JUBA II with CLEOPATRA SELENE, 25 BC–AD 23/4.
Silver denarius, 2.97 g, 18 mm. Issue of Caesarea, Mauretania, ca. AD 11–23/24.
Obv. REX IVBA, diademed head of Juba II right. Rev. KΛЄΟΠΑΤΡA BACIΛICCA, crocodile left, head raised.
Mazard 344.
NGC graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” with dark gray toning flashing with colorful highlights.
It is interesting to note that while Juba’s legend is in Latin (Rex Iuba = King Juba) that of Cleopatra is in Greek, a convention making reference to her royal Macedonian and Egyptian heritage. Furthermore, on this coin type, the crocodile, a consummate symbol of Egypt, is restored to prominence even though on the Roman coinage of Augustus it was employed to illustrate a defeated Egypt.