SYRIA, COELE-SYRIA, Dynasts of Chalkis. Ptolemy ~ c. 85-40 BC ~ Æ19 (5.33g) ~ Laureate head of Zeus right ~ countermark of Cleopatra VII (?) right ~ Eagle flying right. Attribution of c/m to Cleopatra is speculative but but the evidence seems to fi

SYRIA, COELE-SYRIA, Dynasts of Chalkis. Ptolemy ~ c. 85-40 BC ~ Æ19 (5.33g) ~ Laureate head of Zeus right ~ countermark of Cleopatra VII (?) right ~ Eagle flying right. Attribution of c/m to Cleopatra is speculative but but the evidence seems to fi