COELESYRIA, Chalcis ad Belum. Mark Antony and Cleopatra. 32-1 BC. Æ (21.5mm, 5.20 g, 1h). 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. Red-brown patina, rough, cleaning scratches. Good Fine.
Ex Pegasi IX (1 Oct 2003), lot 413.
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.