Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 735. Closing Date: Jun 08, 
2005.  Alexandria mint. Estimate $1500 
Sold For $2300 

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII 
Philopator. 51-30 BC. Æ Diobol ­ 80 Drachmae 
(18.73 gm, 12h). Alexandria mint. Diademed and 
draped bust right / Eagle standing left on 
thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left, P to right. 
Svoronos 1871; Weiser 183; SNG Copenhagen 419. VF, 
dark green and red-brown patina, slight smoothing. 
Choice portrait of the last and most famous 
Ptolemaic queen. ($1500)


High bid of $2300, $2645,  €1863, £1265, C$2875, A$2990, on June 8, 2005.

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