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Auction currency is U.S. dollars ( $ ) unless otherwise noted. Description Classical Cash and [Image] Please click the banner above to go to our eBay "AboutMe" home page. present -- our 136th weekly eBay Sale! [Image] [Image] ORC3615 Cleopatra VII, Cyprus, AE18, VF Cyprus, Cleopatra VII, 51-30 BC, Æ18 (3.27g) Neopaphos Mint, Laureate head of Zeus to right. / No legend. Zeus standing head to right, holding ears of corn on single stalk(?) in right hand and a scepter in the left hand; star above head. BMC-; Svor.-; SNG Cop.-; RPC-; RPC Supplement mentions Paphos II; Cox, Excavations at Curium, 128; Lichochka, Un type de Zeus sur les monnaies hellenistiques de Nea paphos, 5-6 (dated to mid-1st century BC); Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage, Coin catalogue, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia 1996 Ch11, coin #35 (as Cleopatra VII); Paphos II (as Cleopatra VII). VF, dark patina. In about 38 BC, new types of the half-obol denomination were issued. The obverse of this type featured the horned head of Zeus-Ammon right. Die axis is generally 12:00. The reverse has Zeus standing head to left, holding ears of corn on single stalk(?) in left hand and a scepter in his right hand, and a star above his head. The unusual pose for Zeus was apparently taken from a statue of the God. The statue of Zeus Salaminios appears in this pose on the coins of Augustus and later Roman rulers. On the Roman issues, Zeus holds a patera and the scepter is eagle-tipped. This statue stood in a temple on the Acropolis of Salamis, which was re-built by Augustus in c. 22 BC, though the statue may have been older, after the Zeus of Pheidias. The reverse of the coin is less likely the Zeus Plienus of Paphos (Zeus the Protector, of Paphos). Oddly, there is no reverse legend, unique among Ptolemaic coins which otherwise all name a ruler. (BMC -; Svor. -; SNG Cop. -; RPC -; RPC Supplement mentions Paphos II; Cox, Excavations at Curium, 128; Lichochka, Un type de Zeus sur les monnaies hellenistiques de Nea paphos, 5-6 (dated to mid-1st century BC); Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage, Coin catalogue, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia 1996 Ch11, coin #35 (as Cleopatra VII); Nicolaou, Paphos II, #469-509, pp. 114-116 (late reign of Cleopatra VII). While not noted in the standard references for Ptolemaic coinage, the coin is fairly common on Cyprus and is noted in Cypriot numismatic publications, and dated there to the time of Cleopatra VII. This denomination was commonly found in the excavations at Nea- Paphos. The diameter is about 17mm. The average weight of less worn examples is about 3.7 grams, with weights varying from 4.3 grams to 1.5 grams. The examples weighing 1.5 grams were perhaps struck on flans prepared for the eighth-unit, though the dies are smaller. Like the obol, the issue is struck on flans without a centering mark. The edges are sometimes untrimmed, leaving casting sprues and mold overflow at the edges. There are a variety of styles for this issue. before you bid, if you have a question about this item. to see ALL the items in this sale and how to pay if you win ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Jan-19-02 at 13:14:05 PST, seller added the following information: [Click on the link below to visit my web-page!] [Click and visit my ReliableMerchants web-page!] ReliableMerchants © "Reliable Merchants" [Image] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Image] Checkout ORC3615 Cleopatra VII, Cyprus, AE18, VF [Image] How Checkout Helps Item # 1324542936 You [Image] Checkout lets you pay U.S. Shipping and Handling $0.00 your seller quickly Shipping Insurance per item - and easily. Sales Tax (none) ----------------------- ------------------------------------- 1. 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