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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     730665      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Roman Provincial Region:     SYRIA, COELE SYRIA City:     Damascus Issuer:     Cleopatra VII Date Ruled:     Year 280 (33/32 BC) Metal:     Bronze Denomination:     AE 20 Date Struck:     33-32 BC Diameter:     20 mm Weight:     7.02 g Obverse Description:     Diademed bust of Cleopatra right Reverse Legend:     ΔE-MAΣΚΗΝΩΝ Reverse Description:     Tyche seated left on rock, right arm extended and holding cornucopiae with left; grain ear before and river-god below; all within wreath Primary Reference:     RPC I 4783 Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=19205 Grade:     VF, brown and earthen patina Notes:     Very Rare No ancient text tells us that Damascus was part of the territory that Mark Antony gave to Cleopatra, though her portrait on this city's coinage makes this almost certainly true. This unusual issue also has the distinction of being the first coinage struck at Damascus during this era of history. In the seven decades which followed, Damascus struck coins only on six other occasions. Late in the reign of Tiberius the city fell into the hands of the Nabataeans, who struck their own coins there until a new Roman coinage was inaugurated there late in the reign of Nero.

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