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| Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Small Cypriote Bronzes Æ Chalkous |
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Attribution: CPE II B729; Svoronos 1160 (Ptolemy IV); SNG Copenhagen 648 Cyprus mint
Date: 145-116 BC
Obverse: Diademed bust of Aphrodite right
Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ - ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, filleted double cornucopia
Size: 12.67mm
Weight: 1.64 grams
Rarity:  5
Description: good VF. There has been a movement to try and re-attribute and re-invent this coin as a Cleopatra VII portrait coin. This well thought through book review by Oliver Hoover challenges this thought and can be found HERE
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