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The Mediterranean

Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius Silver Coin (Tetradrachm)

  • The Mediterranean
  • Antioch
  • 37‐32 BC
  • The Ptolemaic Dynasty
  • silver
  • 15.20g

The silver coin of Cleopatra (69-30 BC), the last Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom, and the Roman General Anthony (83-30 BC). This should have been issued in Syria and Antioch, affiliated states of the Roman Empire, after 37 B.C. The portrait depicts the beauty of Cleopatra in her lifetime and is very valuable.