Lot 5342
Sale 95 · Important Australian & World Coins, Medals & Banknotes, The Robb Family Collection
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Description
Egypt, Kingdom of Cleopatra VII, (51-30 B.C.), AE 22, copper eighty drachma, (13.77 grams), Alexandria mint, obv. diademed bust of Cleopatra VII to right, rev. eagle with closed wings, standing on thunderbolt, cornucopiae to left, to right **P*, around traces only of KLEOPATRAS BASILISSHS, (S.7955, Sv.1871, BMC 4-5, SNG Cop.422). Nearly fine/good, rare, and with collector's packet description.
Ex Pat Boland Collection. This and the forty drachma are the only issues from Egypt with a portrait of the celebrated Queen Cleopatra who was the wife of Julius Caesar and later Mark Antony. 480 bronze drachmas were the equivalent of one silver drachm at this time and consequently this copper eighty drachma piece circulated as an obol.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $250