Very Rare Portrait of Cleopatra VII

Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 801. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAEA, Patrae. Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Circa 32/1 BC. Æ 22mm (7.85 g, 1h). Agias, the son of Lyson, magistrate. Draped bust right / Crown of Isis; AGIAC LUCWNOC around. RPC I 1245; BCD Peloponnesos 532 (this coin). VF, black-green patina with dark olive overtones, slight roughness. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 532.