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Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/24/2018 12:14 am 0.97 g. 11 - 12 mm. cheers! Report this Post to the Staff

Kamnaskires Pillar of the Community United States 7066 Posts	Posted 06/24/2018 12:20 am Bigger pics might help, especially the top one. Safe to assume you buy your AE's in large, unattributed lots? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/24/2018 01:17 am ok ill work on that tomm. ty Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/24/2018 5:59 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 5:49 pm If this is Cleopatra VII...would it be worth 36 Euros? Thats about 43 dollars US. Reverse is worn to heck and I dont even know if this is supposed to be her Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:00 pm A class of small coins of Paphos with a female head on one side and double cornuacopiae on the other were attributed to Cleopatra VII in a 2004 book by dealer Matt Kreuzer. His conclusions have been panned by academics but a few dealers continue to hype the coins as issues of Cleopatra at inflated prices. Here are links to both the book (free) and the reaction: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/nu...?key=Kreuzer http://numismatics.org/magazine/cypruswinter05/ Edited by Kushanshah 06/25/2018 7:17 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:18 pm So they are indeed ancient greek but no proof they are Cleopatra VII? I had a gut feeling about this. I thought I saw wildwinds have a single ( not a double) cornuacopiae reverse Did wildwinds get those wrong ? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:21 pm Actually wildwinds Does have a double cornuacopiae reverse Ptolemaic Egypt, Cleopatra VII, AE 80-Drachm. Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII right / KLEOPATRAS BASILISSHS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, double cornucopiae before. BMC 4-5, Svoronos 1871. Report this Post to the Staff
Kushanshah Pillar of the Community United States 1554 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:41 pm They should all be double, a widely used symbol in Egypt, though not always obvious. I would hazard a guess that it represents the combined bounty of Upper and Lower Egypt but I really don't know. Since cornucopiae (plural cornuacopiae) is Latin, we should probably use the Greek dikeras instead. The coins may well be an issue of a Ptolemaic mint at Paphos but the portrait is most likely Arsinoë III rather than Cleopatra VII. Edited by Kushanshah 06/25/2018 7:44 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinnewbie3 Valued Member 154 Posts	Posted 06/25/2018 7:51 pm Cheers, Kush. Report this Post to the Staff
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