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Lot 6421

Estimate: 500 USD
Price realized: 1300 USD
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COELESYRIA, Chalcis ad Belum. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. 32-31 BC. Æ (21mm, 7.48 g, 11h). Dated RY 21 (Egyptian) and 6 (Phoenician) of Cleopatra (32/1 BC). Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra right / Bare head of Antony right. Svoronos 1887; RPC I 4771; SNG Copenhagen (Phoenicia) 382; BMC Phoenicia 15 (Berytus); SNG München 1006. Dark brown and red patina, minor deposits. Near VF.

From the DMS Collection, purchased from David Vagi.

Mark Antony illegitimately "bestowed" a number of territories in the east on Cleopatra, including Chalkis in 36 BC, which were added to her royal dominions. These coins of Chalkis were dated with both the Egyptian and Phoenician regnal years of Cleopatra.
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