RPC I, 3901

 

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Coin type
Volume I
Number 3901
Province Cyprus
Region Cyprus
City Uncertain mint(s) on Cyprus
Reign Cleopatra VII
Person (obv.) Cleopatra VII (queen) ; Ptolemy XV Caesarion
Obverse inscription
Obverse design bust of Cleopatra, right, as Aphrodite, wearing stephane, and Ptolemy XV Caesarion, left, as Eros, in her arms; sceptre at shoulder
Reverse inscription ΚΛΕΟΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ, ΚΥΠΡ (in field, r.)
Edition Κλεοπάτρας βασιλίσσης Κύπρ(ος)
Translation of Cleopatra, queen, Cyprus
Reverse design two cornucopias, joined at the bottom and bound with fillet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
Average weight 16.49 g
Axis 11, 12
Reference Sv 1874, BMC Ptolemies 2–3
Specimens 10 (7 in the core collections)
Note Not a complete list of specimens.
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     P: 476
2 2     L BMC 2 = FITA, pl. IX, 29: obv.
3 3     L BMC 3
4 4     V: GR 23682
5 5     A
6 6     B: 18217871, Löbb
7 7     B: Prokesch-Osten
8 8     B I-B
9 9     ✸ CNG Triton XIII, 5 Jan. 2010, lot 241 = NAC 45, 2 Apr. 2008, lot 24 = Sternberg XXI/1988, lot 199
10 10     CNG 105, 10 May 2017, lot 456