Outstanding Cleopatra Portait

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 552. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $13500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Mark Antony and Cleopatra. 34 BC. AR Denarius (3.66 g, 1h). Alexandria mint. ANTONI. ARMENIA. DEVICTA, bare head right; Armenian tiara behind / CLEOPATR. REGINAE. REGVM. FILIO[RVM RE]GVM., diademed and draped bust right, wearing earring and necklace; stem of prow before. Crawford 543/1; CRI 345; Sydenham 1210; Kestner 3836; BMCRR East 179-181 var. (obv. legend); RSC 1b. Near EF, toned, area of flat strike on obverse, reverse struck slightly off center. An outstanding portrait of Cleopatra.

From the Mark Poncin Collection.