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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €600
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Mauretania, Juba I (60 BC–46 BC). Denarius ND (c. 49–46 BC), Utica.
Obv. REX. IVBA. Bearded bust, draped and wearing a diadem, facing right, holding a sceptre.
Rev. IOBAI HMMLKT (in Punic script). Octastyle temple on a platform, with a globule in the centre.
Maz.84–86 – SNG Cop.523 – RPC.717; Silver – 3.88 g – 17 mm – 9 h
Well centred on the obverse with a fine bust of the King. The strike is slightly off-centre on the reverse, with the temple well detailed. With a magnificent collector’s patina featuring iridescent and bluish highlights. Superb, in proof condition.
Juba I, like his father Hiempsal II, was an ally of Rome and Pompey the Great. His monetary system was based on the Roman denarius, quinarius and sesterce, probably struck at Utica. In 49 BC, his army defeated Caesar’s Roman legions, commanded by Curio. In 47 BC, Caesar was in Africa and faced Mettelus Scipio, general of Pompey’s legions. Caesar won the Battle of Thapsus, whilst Juba retreated to Zama, where he died in a battle with Marcus Petreius. He was the father of Juba II, who was raised in Rome by Octavia
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