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LOT 3405

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. Circa 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.

Diademed and draped bust to right / BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ [KΛEOΠATΡAΣ], eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419-21. Near Very Fine. Heavily tooled and smoothed.(12.42gr, 25mm, 12h.).

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From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.

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LOT 3405

Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £208

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