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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Alegandron, post: 2973875, member: 51347&quot;]Looks like mine... </p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] pointed out some conflicting info on this.</p><p>(This one is mine, and I believe she has one too.)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]730244[/ATTACH]</p><p>Ægypt</p><p>Cleopatra VII</p><p>Æ11 of Cyprus</p><p>Obv: Her bust r</p><p>Rev: Cornucopiae</p><p>Comments: nrly centered, smooth dark green patina with hilighting; tiny rev legnd visible. Last Pharaoh of Ægypt</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] STATED:&nbsp; &quot;There appears to be controversy about who issued this coin, with Matthew Kreuzer advancing the Cleo VII story in his book <i><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">The Coinage System of Cleopatra VII, Marc Antony and Augustus in Cyprus</a>. </i>Other numismatists... not so much. On Forvm there are some interesting and highly redacted (moderator deletions) back-and-forths between the author and others.</p><p><br /></p><p>Oliver Hoover wrote a &quot;famously&quot; scathing review of the book and its conclusions although I can&#039;t seem to find a working link to that right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears that most numismatists are attributing this to Arsinoe III? Ardatirion might be able to tell us more. I certainly don&#039;t know which, if either, is correct.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ptolemy-connection.277157/page-3" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ptolemy-connection.277157/page-3">https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-ptolemy-connection.277157/page-3</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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