Greek coins - Juba II denarius wit Clepatra Selenos, daughter of Cleopatra (JA2595)

KINGS OF MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Cleopatra Selene, 25 BC-AD 24. Denarius (Silver, 16 mm, 2.90 g, 2 h), Caesarea. [RE]X IVBA Diademed head of Juba II to right. Rev. KΛЄOΠATPA / BACIΛ[ICCA] Crocodile standing left. MAA 104. Mazard 343. SNG Copenhagen 592. Lightly toned.  about extremely fine. ex Classical Numismatic Auctions II, 7 December 1987, 221.

A type with great popularity and historical value.  The crocodile on the reverse is an allusion to Queen Cleopatra of Mauretania's maternal heritage. She was the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra, the last queen of the Ptolemaic dynasty that had ruled Egypt, a land fertile with crocodiles, for three centuries. In the same period, Augustus also struck denarii with a crocodile on the reverse, which celebrated the Roman conquest of Egypt