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Tetradrachm of Cleopatra VII

Tetradrachm of Cleopatra VII

r. 51-30 BCE

Cleopatra VII

Greek

Obverse: Head of Ptolemy I r. Reverse: Eagle with closed wings standing on thunderbolt l. with laurel branch over his shoulder. Regnal date LI Iota in l. field. Pi Alpha in r. field.

Silver

Ptolemaic period

Coins