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Seleukis and Pieria, Antioch Æ 24mm. 1st century BC. Laureate head of Zeus to right; c/m: head of Cleopatra VII to right within oval incuse / Zeus Nikephoros seated to left on throne, holding sceptre; [ΑΝΤ]ΙΟΧ[ΕΩΝ] ΤΗ[Σ] to right, [ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ] to left, [date] in exergue. Cf. McAlee 43; cf. RPC I 4216; Butcher 13.1.a; cf. HGC 9, 1366; for c/m: McAlee p. 74, note 25. 9.85g, 24mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Interesting countermark.
From a private UK collection.
McAlee, in 'The Coins of Roman Antioch', p.74 notes "The coins of this year (Pompeian Era 19 = 48/7 BC) and year 3 of the Caesarean era are frequently seen with a countermark on the obverse which was previously described as 'head of Apollo r.'...it now seems likely that the countermark portrays Cleopatra, and was used to mark coins circulating in the Syro-Phoenician territories which were given to her by Mark Antony."
Good Fine. Interesting countermark.
From a private UK collection.
McAlee, in 'The Coins of Roman Antioch', p.74 notes "The coins of this year (Pompeian Era 19 = 48/7 BC) and year 3 of the Caesarean era are frequently seen with a countermark on the obverse which was previously described as 'head of Apollo r.'...it now seems likely that the countermark portrays Cleopatra, and was used to mark coins circulating in the Syro-Phoenician territories which were given to her by Mark Antony."