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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GregH, post: 3135706, member: 75936&quot;]The Ptolemy IV coins from Paphos, Cyprus that are reattributed as Cleopatra VII, must be among the most overpriced.</p><p><img src="https://images.vcoins.com/product_image/62/N/6/Nbs9n8ZP2J5pTcT4mk7BS6ZbgXM32w.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The obverse portrait is now often given as &quot;Cleopatra as Isis&quot;... </p><p><br /></p><p>Unless I see KΛEOΠATPAΣ on the coin, I won&#039;t believe it&#039;s really Cleopatra ... although Forvm continues to advertise these as coins of the famous Cleopatra - based on a widely discredited book.</p><p><br /></p><p>Always be suspicious when an attribution is &quot;X as Y&quot;. There was a recent thread on &quot;Caesonia as Salus&quot; coins from Spain. The same deal.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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