5769
CNG Auction #27, Lot 62324
Estimate: $1,250.00
Final Sale Price: $1,597.20
Denomination: 40 Drachmae

  Egypt, Ptolemaic Queens. Cleopatra VII. 51-30 BC. Æ 40 Drachmae (8.43 gm). Diademed
  and draped bust right / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in left
  field, M (denomination=40) in right field. Svoronos 1872; SNG Copenhagen 422. Good
  VF, red and green patina. Rare this nice. Estimate $1250.

  Portraits of Cleopatra are rare at best. 

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