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LOT 3094
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai. 51-30 BC. Alexandria mint.
Diademed and draped bust to right / KΛEOΠATPAΣ BAΣIΛIΣΣHΣ, eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; cornucopia(?) to left, Π (mark of value) to right. Cf. Svoronos 1871; cf. Weiser 183; cf. SNG Copenhagen 419-21; cf. Noeske 380-2. Fine.(18.43gr, 27mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3094
Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera AE Diobol-80 Drachmai.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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