JUBA II & CLEOPATRA SELENE SILVER DENARIUS – IN NAME OF CLEOPATRA VII’S DAUGHTER WITH MARC ANTONY – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA COIN (Inv. 19143)

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19143. KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA. JUBA II with CLEOPATRA SELENE, 25 BC–AD 23/4.
Silver Denarius, 2.94 g, 19 mm. Issue of Caesarea, Mauretania, ca. AD 11.
Obv. REX IVBA, diademed head of Juba II right. Rev. BACIΛICCA KΛЄΟΠΑΤΡA, star in crescent.
Mazard 299; SNG Copenhagen 567.
NGC graded CHOCE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, “brushed.” Cleopatra Selene, the daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antony, was married to king Juba of Numidia and ruled with him for many years. It should be noted that this is a BILINGUAL COIN – the obverse legend, Juba’ name and title is in Latin, whereas Cleopatra’s name and title of queen (BACIΛICCA) appear in Greek on the reverse.