Very Rare Depiction of Hippopotamus

370, Lot: 224. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MAURETANIA. Juba II, with Kleopatra Selene. 25 BC-AD 24. Æ Unit (21mm, 5.37 g, 10h). Caesarea mint. Diademed head of Juba right / Hippopotamus standing right. MAA 216; SNG Copenhagen 620. Fine, dark green patina, weak off center strike. Very rare, none in CoinArchives, and the first CNG has handled.