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Author Topic: Greek Coin Cleopatra Thea Question  (Read 1293 times)

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amanapro

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Greek Coin Cleopatra Thea Question
« on: October 11, 2010, 04:10:57 am »
Someone showed the Greek silver coin of Cleopatra Thea, 126-125 Tetradrachm. It is diademed, draped and veiled bust of Cleopatra Thea right. Rev. double-cornucopiae tied with fillet.
My question is the coin weight is 41.10 g, but when I search the net i did not find that kind of weight for this coin. it was only somewhere between 15 to 16 g. So can a weight of such coin exist?

Offline Jerome Holderman

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Re: Greek Coin Cleopatra Thea Question
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2010, 08:01:55 am »
At that weight it would have to be a Deacadrachm, and I don't know of that denomination with a portrait of Cleopatra, but I'm certainly no expert on these huge silvers.

Here is one of Arsinoe II under Ptolemy II that could be similar to what you describe? with a weight of 35.86gm. At 41.1 your coin seems even heavy for this type as they seem pretty consistant at around 35.5gm


 

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