212, Lot: 137. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ 21mm (7.03 g, 11h). Orthoseia mint. Dated RY 3 (35/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right; small X behind / Baal of Orthoseia in chariot drawn by two griffins right; date to left. Svoronos -; Baldus pl. 3, 1-2; SNG Copenhagen 174; RPC I 4502. Near VF, green patina, repair on edge.
Mark Antony illegitimately “bestowed” a number of territories in the east on Cleopatra, which were added to her royal dominions, including portions of Phoenicia in 37/6 BC. Accordingly, her regnal years in Phoenicia were reckoned from this date, and are reflected on her coins that were struck there.