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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1934 Wreath Crown, post: 8054570, member: 76965&quot;]Come to think of it, she didn&#039;t mint very much in silver either. Most (if not all) of the silver coins carry joint busts of Marc Antony and Cleo, so most probably Roman silver provided by MA. </p><p><br /></p><p>The general consensus is that she was an astute ruler who brought law and order, peace and prosperity to Egypt but she was also burdened by her father&#039;s borrowings from Rome, which amounted to more than twice the GDP of ancient Egypt. And we all know that the cost of borrowing in those days was not 25 or 50 basis points above RFR or IBOR<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />. The interest payments alone must have been crippling.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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