v59_0220 - MAURETANIA - MAURETANIAN KINGDOM - JUBA II Denier
MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 388.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 660.00 €
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 388.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 660.00 €
Type : Denier
Date: c. 20 AC. - AD. 20
Mint name / Town : Césarée, Maurétanie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,24 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré au droit, légèrement décentré au revers sur l’éléphant. Belle tête de Juba II. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de médaillier avec des reflets gris acier et dorés. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (Yves Cellard) en 1989 et de la collection du docteur Thierry de Craeker
Obverse
Obverse legend : REX. IVBA.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Juba II à droite, drapé sur l’épaule gauche (O’2).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Éléphant passant à droite, la trompe levée.
Commentary
Le revers n’est pas sans rappeler le denier de Jules César, vainqueur de Juba Ier à la bataille de Thapsus en 46 avant J.-C. et qui avait le même sujet au droit avec la légende CAESAR (RCV. 1399). Ce type présente un buste avec un pan de paludamentum sur l’épaule gauche. Semble donc complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 53, n° 165(FDC) s’est vendu 1029€ sur un maximum à 2010€ et 12 offres.
The reverse is reminiscent of the denarius of Julius Caesar, victor over Juba I at the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC, which had the same subject on the obverse with the legend CAESAR (RCV. 1399). This type presents a bust with a piece of paludamentum on the left shoulder. Therefore, it seems completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works. The copy of MONNAIES 53, no. 165 (FDC) sold for €1,029 out of a maximum of €2,010 and 12 bids
The reverse is reminiscent of the denarius of Julius Caesar, victor over Juba I at the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC, which had the same subject on the obverse with the legend CAESAR (RCV. 1399). This type presents a bust with a piece of paludamentum on the left shoulder. Therefore, it seems completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all consulted works. The copy of MONNAIES 53, no. 165 (FDC) sold for €1,029 out of a maximum of €2,010 and 12 bids
Historical background
MAURETANIA - MAURETANIAN KINGDOM - JUBA II
(25 BC - 23 AD)
Juba I had been defeated at Thapsus in 46 BC but his son, Juba II (50 AC. - 23 AD), brought up by Octavia, became the friend of Augustus who gave him the province of Mauretania in 25 BC Cleopatra Selene, daughter of Cleopatra VII and Marc Antoine, was spared by Octave in 30 BC when the latter had Ptolemy XV (Caesarion) put to death. She married Juba II around 19 BC and died around 5 or 6 AD. Juba II survived him by about eighteen years. She is the great aunt of Caligula and the mother of Ptolemy who succeeded Juba II and whom his cousin Caligula had assassinated in Rome in 40 to annex Mauretania.
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