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Electronic Auction 322  12 March 2014
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Lot 406

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 400 USD
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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy XV Caesarion. 44-30 BC. Æ (21mm, 9.07 g, 12h). Cypriot(?) mint. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt, with wings spread; uncertain control (figure standing right?) in right field. Svoronos –; Weiser –; SNG Copenhagen –; cf. BMC p. 124, 1 (no control visible). Fine, brown and red patina. Rare.

Caesarion, son of Cleopatra VII and Julius Caesar, ruled jointly with his mother until her death in 30 BC. He attempted to flee Egypt as Octavian approached, but was betrayed and executed.
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