COELESYRIA, Damascus. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (22mm, 5.47 g, 11h). Dated CY 280 (33/2 BC). Fine.Electronic Auction 568 Roman Provincial, Bronze Sold For $ 130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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COELESYRIA, Damascus. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera. 51-30 BC. Æ (22mm, 5.47 g, 11h). Dated CY 280 (33/2 BC). Diademed and draped bust right, wearing necklace / Tyche seated left on rock, right hand outstretched before her and holding cornucopia; [L ΠΣ (date) and sistrum(?)] to left; below, river-god Orontes swimming right; all within wreath. Svoronos 1893; RPC I 4783; Rosenberger 6. Dark brown patina, flan flaws, porosity, small spot of verdigris. Fine. Ex Jonathan K. Kern. |