Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. Berytos. Cleopatra VII Thea Neotera 51-30 BC. Dated RY 6 = 32/1 BC, Bronze Æ 24 mm, 8,38 g
Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII to right, wearing earring and necklace / Baal of Berytos, holding aphlaston in extended right hand, trident in left, in quadriga of hippocamps right; BH to left; Lz above LAK to right.
Attractive artificial desert Patina, otherwise Good Very Fine
Svoronos 1887; Weiser -; SNG Copenhagen -; Rouvier 437; RPC I 4530.
Extremely rare, apparently the sixth known specimen, and among the finest known. Mark Antony unofficially granted several eastern territories to Cleopatra, which then became part of her royal lands. This included areas of Phoenicia around 37/6 BC. As a result, her reign in Phoenicia was dated from this time, as evidenced by the coins minted there.