Very Rare Cleopatra Portrait

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 452. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ACHAEA, Patrae. Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Circa 32/1 BC. Æ 21mm (7.68 g, 2h). Agias, son of Lyson, magistrate. [BACI]LICCA KLEOPAT [PA], diademed and draped bust right / AGIAC [LUC]WNOC PATREWN, crown of Isis. RPC I 1245.11 (this coin); Svoronos 1905; BCD Peloponnesos 532; BMC 14-15; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, brown patina, some areas of roughness and pitting. Very rare.

From the Patrick Villemur Collection.