ANCIENT MAURETANIA WAS a region of coastal North Africa stretching from modern-day Algeria to Morocco. The earliest king of Mauretania known to history was Baga, who ruled c.225 BCE from his capital of Chellah[3] (near Rabat, Morocco). Bogud’s rare coinage in silver was struck on the standard of the Roman denarius (about three grams) and inscribed REX BOCVT in Latin. When Numidia was annexed to the Roman province of Africa, Juba II transferred to become Rome’s client king of Mauretania in 25 BCE. Collecting MauretaniaThe standard reference for the ancient coinage of Mauretania is Mazard (1955) in French.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2021 19:20 UTC