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Tetradrachm - Cleopatra VII Alexandria
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 34 BC - 33 BC |
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| Reference(s) | SvoronosPt#1833, SNG Copenhagen#415 |
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| Reverse lettering | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY L IΘ - ΠA (Translation: King Ptolemy (Year 19 - PA)) |
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| Mint | Alexandria Mint |
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These tetradrachms were struck in the final decade of the Ptolemaic dynasty, during Cleopatra's alliance with Mark Antony — the same years she accompanied him on campaign and bore his children. By this point the Ptolemaic silver coinage had degraded substantially from its earlier standard; centuries of debasement had reduced what were once fine-silver issues to coins with a noticeably billon-like appearance in hand.
Cleopatra VII is the only Ptolemaic queen to have issued coins in her own name without a male co-regent.