CNG 87, Lot: 712. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (21mm, 7.53 g, 12h). Tripolis mint. Dated Phoenician RY 2 (36/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Nike, holding wreath and palm, standing right on prow of galley; L B (date) to right. Svoronos 1895 corr. (read as RY 22); Rouvier 1640 corr. (same); Weiser -; Noeske -; RPC I 4510 var. (star in rev. field); BMC 19. VF, earthen black patina. Rare.

Mark Antony illegitimately "bestowed" a number of territories in the east to Cleopatra, including portions of Phoenicia in 37/6 BC. As such, her regnal years in Phoenicia were reckoned from this date and are reflected on her coins that were struck there.