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Seller ships internationally (worldwide). See item description for shipping charges. [Image] Seller Services Checkout summary | Relist this item Make a Personal Offer Seller assumes all responsibility for listing this item. You should contact the seller to resolve any questions before bidding. 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 132nd weekly eBay Sale! *** NOTE: this is a THREE-DAY sale *** [Image] [Image] ORC3244 Cleopatra denarius Cyprus VG Cleopatra & Marc Antony, AR denarius, (3.36g) struck 34-31 BC, Paphos Mint (?), [CLEOPATRAE REGINAE REGVM FILIORVM REGVM] Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right. / ANTON[I AR]MENIA [DEVICTA] Bare head of Antony right, Armenian tier behind. Vagi 209; C 543/1. G-VG / Near F, banker's mark. An important issue of denarii features the obverse portrait of Cleopatra with a small prow before, and the reverse portrait of Antony (Crawford 543). The clumsy style obverse Latin legend translates as, "of Cleopatra, Queen of Kings, (and) of (her) sons, who are Kings." Unlike most Imperatorial denarii, the coin has 12:00 die axis. Both sides have a dotted border. The reverse Latin legend translates as, "of Antony, since Armenia has been defeated." Of all Cleopatra's coinage, this issue most clearly proclaims the dynastic ambitions set forth by Antony in the "Donations of Alexandria". Antony's "Donations of Alexandria" listed a number of provinces as the kingdoms of Cleopatra and her children. This is the only issue of denarii for Cleopatra, and her only issue with Latin legends, not Greek. The preferential placement of Cleopatra's portrait on this issue suggests the mint officials placed their Queen above her consort, Mark Antony. Sear writes, "careless engraving and shoddy execution. . . together with the imprecise form of the Latin, is consistent with their production by a mint which was unaccustomed to striking Roman coinage (i.e. Alexandria)," connected to Antony's triumph in 34 BC. However, Paphos had more experience in minting silver, and a location where denarii could have been utilized. In Alexandria, denarii were acceptable to Roman legionaries, but not to local merchants. As a Ptolemaic mint with Roman influence, the coins could be from Paphos instead. The prow before the bust of Cleopatra honors the ships supplied by the Ptolemaic Kingdom to the alliance of Antony and Cleopatra. While Alexandria was the larger city, Paphos was a ship-building center, and the main port of the Ptolemaic navy. The prow could be a symbol of either port. To Crawford, this issue immediately preceded the legionary denarii, in 32 BC. Like the legionary denarii, it is also found plated and with banker's marks. The frequency of the banker's marks indicate that ancient merchants were aware that this issue was often plated. However, the issue is generally not of base silver, and should be considered as separate from the legionary denarii. 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 Dec-17-01 at 20:10:10 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 ORC3244 Cleopatra denarius Cyprus VG [Image] How Checkout Helps Item # 1311358206 You [Image] Checkout lets you pay U.S. Shipping and Handling $0.00 your seller quickly Shipping Insurance per item - and easily. 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