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.)
Reverse design two cornucopias, joined at the bottom and bound with fillet
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 29 mm
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