341, Lot: 7. Estimate $100. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Circa 37-33/1 BC. Æ (20mm, 5.79 g, 12h). Dated CY 280 (33/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right, wearing necklace / Tyche seated left on rock, extending arm and holding cornucopia; river-god at feet; to left, L Π[Σ] (date) above [sistrum]; all within wreath. De Saulcy 3; RPC I 4783; DCA 498; HGC 9, 1462. Fine, green patina, earthen encrustation, cleaning marks.
From the J.S. Wagner Collection.