Choice Portraits

252, Lot: 274. Estimate $500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Chalcis ad Libanum. Mark Antony, with Cleopatra VII. 36-31 BC. Æ (22mm, 6.01 g, 12h). Dated RY 21 (Egyptian) and 6 (Phoenician) of Cleopatra (32/1 BC). Draped bust of Cleopatra right, wearing stephane / Bare head of Mark Antony right; dates in legend. RPC I 4771; Rouvier 440 (Berytus); SNG München 1006; SNG Copenhagen 383 (Phoenicia); HGC 9, 1451. EF, black and red patina. A bit off center, otherwise excellent for issue.