Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 5342 Session 16 (9.30am Fri 26 Nov) Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $150
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SOLD $250
EGYPT, Kingdom of Cleopatra VII, (51-30 B.C.), AE 22, copper eighty drachma, (13.77 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. diademed bust of Cleopatra VII to right, rev. eagle with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, cornucopiae to left, to right **P*, around traces only of KLEOPATRAS BASILISSHS, (S.7955, Sv.1871, BMC 4-5, SNG Cop.422). Nearly fine/good, rare, and with collector's packet description.
Ex Pat Boland Collection. This and the forty drachma are the only issues from Egypt with a portrait of the celebrated Queen Cleopatra who was the wife of Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony. 480 bronze drachmas were the equivalent of one silver drachm at this time and consequently this copper eighty drachma piece circulated as an obol.
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