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Numismatic Auction 6  11 March 2014
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Lot 43

Estimate: 125 USD
Price realized: 80 USD
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Ptolemaic Kingdom. Arsinoe III, wife of Ptolemy IV Philopator. 222-205/4 B.C. AE dichalkon (12.2 mm, 1.78 g, 1 h). Paphos. Diademed and draped bust right / ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, double cornucopia tied with fillet. Svoronos 1161; Wieser 96; SNG Cop 650. gVF.

Matt Kreutzer, in his book The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII and Augustus in Cyprus, provides evidence that this coin type may have been issued by Cleopatra VII. This theory has been the topic of much debate and is not yet proven.

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