Description: Syria, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Under Roman Rule, dated year 3 (Caesarian Era = 47/6 BC), with a countermark applied during the reign of Cleopatra VII, circa 37-6 BC(?). Laureate head of Zeus right; c/m: head of Cleopatra VII right / Zeus seated left holding Nike and sceptre; headdress of Isis before.

Diameter: AE23 mm

Weight: 12,26 g

Grade: aVF/aVF

Attribution: RPC I 4219; McAlee 46; for c/m, McAlee p. 108-9, fig. 15 and p. 74, note 25

Commentary: attractive glossy brownish patina, clear countermark

History: The Syro-Phoenician territories in which the coin circulated were given to Cleopatra VII by Mark Antony.

Article Number: 062-01-01-45597