JUBA II & PTOLEMY SILVER DENARIUS – FATHER AND SON ISSUE EX ALLOTTE DE LA FUYE COLLECTION SOLD IN 1925 AND PUBLISHED IN SPOERRI-BUTCHER – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA COIN (Inv. 18994)

$5,950.00

18994. KINGDOM OF MAURETANIA. JUBA II & PTOLEMY, 25 BC–AD 24.
Silver Denarius, 3.02 g, 18 mm. Issue of Caesarea, Mauretania.
Obv. REX IVBA, diademed head of Juba II right. Rev. XIR PTOLEMAEVS REGIS IVBAE, youthful draped and diademed bust of Ptolemy left.
Mazard 381; M. Spoerri–Butcher, “Juba II de Maurétanie (25 a.C.–24 p.C.). Quelques réflexions concernant le classement du numéraire d’argent non daté” in Mélanges Amandry, Group B, dies A6/R2, 45 (this coin listed).
Ex Allotte de la Fuÿe Collection, Florange–Ciani, 2/17/1925, lot 1826.
NGC graded CHOCE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, the Florange–Ciani auction noted on label.

Sold nearly a century ago, this coin was part of the collection of François–Maurice Allotte de La Fuÿe, a French officer, archaeologist and collector. Between 1886–1887 he was assigned to Tebessa, Algeria and it seems likely it was in this period that he acquired the present coin. His collection was sold in 1925 where the auctioneer wrote in the preface to the catalogue:
“The collection of Colonel Allotte de La Fuÿe is well known in France and abroad. The important works of this academic on the numismatics of Persia, Elymais, Sogdiana, Parthian kings and Bactria have given great impetus to the study of these series and has clarified many complex problems which had previously remained unsolved. The coins which we describe in this catalogue, more than 1800 pieces, give an idea of the depth of this collection, which covers the entire Greek series…. It’s needless to mention the great academic passion with which Allotte assembled his collection. For more than half a century, this enlightened collector never missed any opportunity to acquire specimens which were useful to him for research. It is also not surprising that his careful studies have been rewarded with great success.” (translated from the French)