A guide to the principal gold and silver coins of the ancients ...

120 PERIOD VII. C.
36. Eome. N. Obv. CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI . F . PATER
PATRIAE. Head of Augustus, laureate. Bev. C.L.CAE-
SARES . AVGVSTI . F . COS .
. PRINC(ipes) .
IVVENT(utis).
DESIG
Caius and Lucius, each clad in toga, and holding
shield and spear. In field, simpulum and augur's staff. Wt. 120 grs.
The title Pater Patriae was conferred on Augustus B.C. 2.
Plate TO. 37. Africa. Numidia. Hiempsal II. ? B.C. 106-60. M.
Obv. Male head, bound with wreath of corn. Bev. Horse and Punic
letter. Wt. 45 grs.
After the fall of Jugurtha, a portion only of his kingdom
was given to Hiempsal. Bocchus of Mauretania received
western Numidia as a recompense for his treason.
The attribution of this coin is extremely uncertain.
38. Numidia. Juba I., B.C. 60-46. M. Obv. REX IVBA.
Bust of Juba, bearded, and with hair in formal curls ; sceptre at
his shoulder. Hev. Punic inscription, probably a translation of
that on the obverse. Temple. Wt. 61 grs.
Juba is called by Cicero adolescens bene capillatus, and
Suetonius relates how Csesar, on one occasion, in B.C. 62,
pulled him by the beard. This coin presents us therefore
with a characteristic portrait.
39. Hispano-Carthaginian (?). M. Obv. Bust of king, diademed.
Bev. Galloping horse and Punic inscription. Wt. 224 grs.
Formerly attributed to Bocchus I., king of Mauretania.
40. Mauretania. Bogud II., b.c. 50-38. M. Obv. Griffin,
devouring stag. Jiev. REX BOCVT. Griffin, above which the
mihir. Wt. 56 grs.
This king was recognised by Cassar in B.C. 49. The
Asiatic types of the coin prove the intimate connection
which existed between the religion of the peoples of
northern Africa and western Asia.
41. Mauretania. Juba II., B.C. 25 to a.d. 23. M. Obv. Head
of Juba. Eev. Elephant. Wt. 45 grs.
42. Mauretania. Juba II. M. Obv. REX IVBA. Head of
Juba. Rev. Cornucopiae and sceptre. Wt. 45 grs.
43. Mauretania. Juba II. M. Obv. REX IVBA. Head of
^ Juba. Bev. KAEOHATPA BAZIAIZZA. Head of Cleopatra
Selene, wife of Juba. Wt. 51 grs.
This king, son of Juba I., who lost his kingdom at the
battle of Thapsus, was made by Augustus king of Mauretania.
His wife Cleopatra (Selene was a daughter of
M. Antonius and the famous Cleopatra.