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Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra VII & Alexander Helios, c. 38 B.C.
 | Alexander Helios (b. 40 B.C., d. between 29 and 25 B.C.) was the son of Cleopatra VII and Mark Antony. Helios (the Sun) had a twin sister, Cleopatra Selene (the Moon). He was made king of Armenia and king of king of Media and Parthia at about age six. After his mother's death, Egypt and his kingdoms were annexed by Rome; Alexander Helios was placed under the guardianship of Octavia and faded from history.
The exact denominations of this type and the other bronze units issued during Cleopatra's reign are unknown. Based on the bronze Egyptian denominations of Augustus used not long after this coin was struck, this coin was a diobol. |
16527. Bronze diobol, SGCV II 7957, BMC 2-3, RPC 3091, Vagi 76, aVF, among the finest known, Paphos mint, weight 13.127g, maximum diameter 27.4mm, die axis 0o, c. 38 B.C.; obverse diademed and draped bust of Cleopatra VII right, as Aphrodite, holding scepter and infant; reverse KLEOPATRAS BASILISSHS, double cornucopia, joined at the bottom and bound with fillet, KUPR monogram in lower right field; nice brown patina, among the finest known of this rare issue; rare; SOLD
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