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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;rdwarrior, post: 1126545, member: 20091&quot;]The 2 eagles seem to indicate that it is from a period that had joint rulers . For instance these blurbs borrowed from:&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=765&amp;pos=0#Hellenistic%20Monarchies" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=765&amp;pos=0#Hellenistic%20Monarchies" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?vpar=765&amp;pos=0#Hellenistic Monarchies</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unpublished. Attribution by Matt <span style="color: #000066">Kreuzer</span>, author of &quot;The Coinage System of <span style="color: #000066">Cleopatra</span> VII and <span style="color: #000066">Augustus</span> in <span style="color: #000066">Cyprus</span>.&quot; The two eagles symbolize two rulers on the throne of <span style="color: #000066">Cyprus</span>, in this case <span style="color: #000066">Cleopatra</span> VII and one of her two successive brother-husbands, Ptolemy XIII or XIV, less likely her son Ptolemy XV. The round, thin <span style="color: #000066">flan</span> and weight <span style="color: #000066">standard</span> is correct for the very late Ptolemaic Kingdom. The <span style="color: #000066">palm</span> branch appears on obols (c. 6 grams) across the eagles, RPC 3903.</p><p><br /></p><p>Two eagles on the <span style="color: #000066">reverse</span> may be symbolic of the joint rule of Ptolemy VI and his younger brother.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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