Denarius - Juba II Caesarea

Features

Issuer	Mauretania
King	Juba II (25 BC - 23 AD)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Year	42 (17)
Calendar	Mauretania - Juba II era
Value	1 Denarius
Currency	Denarius (25BC-40AD)
Composition	Silver
Weight	2.95 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 194976
References	CNNM# 226 Jean Mazard; 1956. Corpus Nummorum Numidiae Mauretaniaeque. Arts et Métiers Graphiques, Paris, France. , MAA# 172 Jacques Alexandropoulos; 2008. Les monnaies de l'Afrique antique, 400 avant J.-C. - 40 après J.-C. = The coins of ancient Africa, 400 BC - AD 40. Presses Universitaires du Midi, Toulouse, France. , SNG Copenhagen# 589 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , El Ksar# 53 Adolphe Dieudonné; 1908. “Trouvaille de monnaies de Juba II à El Ksar (Maroc)” = “Coins of Juba II discovered at El Ksar (Morocco)”, Revue Numismatique, 4e série - tome 12, année 1908, pages 350-368.

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Obverse

Head of Juba as youthful Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress, club over shoulder.

Script: Latin

Lettering: REX IVBA

Reverse

Bull standing to right on ground line, head facing, wearing headdress of Isis; R XXXXII in exergue.

Script: Latin

Lettering: R · XXXXII

Mint

Iol Caesarea, Mauretania Orientalis, modern-day Cherchell, Algeria

Comments

Spoerri-Butcher Group 41.

The Banasa Hoard, deposited in circa AD 18-17 was found in 1907 near modern day Souk-el Arbaa, 120 km northeast of Rabat, Morocco, in 1907. The hoard was previously said to be from Alkazar (El Ksar El Kebir), 70 km south of Tangier and hence is occasionally referred to as the El Ksar Hoard. The group contained approximately 4000 silver coins and one bronze. A substantial number of the coins now reside in public collections, principally in London, Paris, Berlin, Athens, New York and Algiers.

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
42 (17 AD)								$ 1700	$ 2300			XXXXII

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Examples of the type

Picture 1 of the example of Denarius - Juba II (Caesarea)

Picture 2 of the example of Denarius - Juba II (Caesarea)

© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8484107r
Souk-el Arbaa • 20 mm • 2.96 g • ↑↑ 3h • Hoard: IGCH 2307

El Ksar 53

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	MDC Monaco Auction 16 Lot 575	3 Jun 2025	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5)	USD 1508.76 (EUR 1300.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© MDC Monaco Monnaies de Collection sarl
	Roma Numismatics Auction XVIII Lot 511	29 Sep 2019	AU	USD 2281.84 (GBP 1700.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Banasa / El Ksar Hoard of 1907 (IGCH 2307)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Roma Numismatics Auction XVII Lot 332	28 Mar 2019	AU	USD 2684.52 (GBP 2000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From the Banasa / El Ksar Hoard of 1907 (IGCH 2307)
© Roma Numismatics Limited
	Künker Auction 416 Lot 1739	29 Oct 2024	XF	USD 1856.94 (EUR 1600.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, Osnabrück and Lübke & Wiedemann KG, Leonberg
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Auction 127 Lot 294	17 Sep 2024	XF	USD 1600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	CNG Auction 124 Lot 355	19 Sep 2023	XF	USD 1600.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Noble Numismatics Auction 128 Lot 2665	23 Nov 2021	XF	USD 856.33 (AUD 1200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
	Noble Numismatics Auction 126 Lot 2819	23 Mar 2021	XF	Unsold
Ex Glendining's London, July 10, 1985, lot 80; Spink, Numismatic Circular, June 1952, No 6613
© Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Triton XXIV Lot 822	19 Jan 2021	XF	USD 1000.00 (+ buyer's premium)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 156 Lot 1647	5 Mar 2007	XF	USD 441.02 (EUR 380.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex G. Hirsch 240 (2 May 2005), lot 473
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung