257, Lot: 170. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (20mm, 6.69 g, 12h). Orthoseia mint. Dated RY 3 (35/4 BC). Diademed and draped bust right; small X behind / Baal of Orthoseia in chariot drawn by two griffins right; date to left. Svoronos -; Baldus pl. 3, 1-2; SNG Copenhagen 174; RPC I 4502. Fine, rough.

Mark Antony illegitimately “bestowed” a number of territories in the east on Cleopatra, which were added to her royal dominions, including portions of Phoenicia in 37/6 BC. Accordingly, her regnal years in Phoenicia were reckoned from this date, and are reflected on her coins that were struck there.