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Tetradrachm - Cleopatra VII Alexandria
| Issuer | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Year | 34 BC - 33 BC |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Reverse description | Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed, head turned back to the right in the canonical Ptolemaic reverse type. A sceptre or palm frond appears to the right of the eagle, with a monogram or control mark visible in the left field. The encircling Greek legend identifies the issuing authority and regnal year. The overall design follows the established iconographic tradition of Ptolemaic silver coinage originating with Ptolemy I. |
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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.