Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 1847

Price realized: 2,200 CHF   (Approx. 2,501 USD / 2,323 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS OF EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera, 51-30 BC. AE (Bronze, 21 mm, 7.84 g, 11 h), Berytos in Phoenicia, triple dated CY 50 = Phoenician RY 6 = Egyptian RY 21 = 32/1. LN Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII to right, her hair rolled into a bun at the back, wearing a pendant earring and a pearl necklace. Rev. ΒΗ / LϚ / LΑΚ Baal of Berytos, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, trident in left, standing on quadriga of hippocamps right. Rouvier 437. RPC I 4530. SNG Copenhagen -. Svoronos 1887. Very rare. Weak reverse, otherwise, nearly fine.

This very rare and interesting issue carries no less than three dates: a city year, a Phoenician regnal year going back to the acquisition of the province by Cleopatra from Mark Antony in 37 BC, and an Egyptian regnal year.

Starting price: 75 CHF