229, Lot: 240. Estimate $100. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ 22mm (9.85 g, 12h). Tripolis mint. Dated Phoenician RY 2 (36/5 BC). Diademed and draped bust right / Nike, holding wreath and palm, standing on prow right; LB (date) to right. RPC I 4510; Rouvier 1640; Weiser -; Svoronos -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 19. Near VF, earthen brown patina, porous. Rare.

Mark Antony illegitimately "bestowed" a number of territories in the east to Cleopatra, which were added to her royal dominions, 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.