Cleopatra VII

Bronze diobol, 80 drachmai, 30 mm, 15.02 gm.
Obv: Diademed bust of Cleopatra right.
Rev: Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopia to left, Π (mark of value) to right.

Minted in Alexandria, Egypt, 51-30 BC.

Cleopatra VII was the last Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt, reigning with her brothers from 51 to 44 BC. And then with her son by Julius Caesar, Caesarion, until her suicide following her and Marc Antony’s defeat at Actium in 31 BC.

Svoronos 1871; SNG Copenhagen 419–21.

Inv#: 9368

Guaranteed Authentic

$500