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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 6465966, member: 87809&quot;]Cleopatra VII Philopator, Æ Half-unit (40 Drachms)</p><p>Alexandria, 51 - 30 BC</p><p>20 mm, 7.805 g</p><p><br /></p><p>Svoronos 1872, Pl. 63, 1, 2, 7, 8; SNG Copenhagen 422-424; </p><p>Ob.: Diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra to r.</p><p>Rev.: ΚΛΕOΠΑΤΡΑΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΙΣΣΗΣ; Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt; cornucopiae to l., M (= 40) in right field. </p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1258268[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1258269[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The bronze denominations of Cleopatra in Egypt were the full-unit, at an average weight of about 17 grams, and the half-unit, at an average weight of 8.5 grams. There were considerable variations of this standard. </p><p>Newell considered the portraits on these Egyptian two bronze denominations to be the most realistic. </p><p><a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Kreuzer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Kreuzer" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Kreuzer</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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