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<p>[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 4532859, member: 87809"]Particularly, the reverse looks usually very worn on these drachms :-(</p><p><br /></p><p>My two Cleopatras:</p><p><br /></p><p>Æ Half-unit (40 Drachms), Alexandria, 51 - 30 BC</p><p>20 mm, 7.805 g</p><p>SNG Copenhagen 422-424; Svoronos 1872</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to r.</p><p>Rev.: ΚΛΕOΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left, M (= 40) in right field. </p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1122622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122625[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>and this one; it should also be an Æ Half-unit, but I keep seeing Π instead of an M in the right field of the reverse; maybe I need a good pair of glasses or some forger turned an M into a Π<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>21 x 22 mm, 7.457 g</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1122626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122627[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cmezner, post: 4532859, member: 87809"]Particularly, the reverse looks usually very worn on these drachms :-( My two Cleopatras: Æ Half-unit (40 Drachms), Alexandria, 51 - 30 BC 20 mm, 7.805 g SNG Copenhagen 422-424; Svoronos 1872 Ob.: Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to r. Rev.: ΚΛΕOΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ; Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to left, M (= 40) in right field. [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1122622[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122625[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] and this one; it should also be an Æ Half-unit, but I keep seeing Π instead of an M in the right field of the reverse; maybe I need a good pair of glasses or some forger turned an M into a Π:confused: 21 x 22 mm, 7.457 g [CENTER][ATTACH=full]1122626[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1122627[/ATTACH] [/CENTER][/QUOTE]
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