View source for 2924 - Alexandria (Cleopatra and Antony) (denarius Cleopatra/Antony) over Alexander the Great (Heracles/Zeus) (CNG, 97, Sept. 2014, 613)

{{Overstrike
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group 97 (17/09/2014), no. 613.
|Obverse legend=CLEOPATRAE REGINAE [•] REGVM [ • FIL]IORVM [•] REGVM
|Obverse description=Bust of Cleopatra right, wearing diadem, draped. In field, prow right. Border of dots.
|Reverse legend=[ANTONI •] ARMENIA • DEVICT[A],
|Reverse description=Head of Mark Antony right. Border of dots.
|Mint=Alexandria
|Ancient region=Egypt
|Authority=Cleopatra VII Philopator (Ptolemaic queen, 51-30 BC); Marcus Antonius (Roman politician and general, member of the Second Triumvirate, 83-30 BC); Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC); Roman Republic
|Date from=34 BCE
|Date to=34 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Silver
|Weight=3.55
|Diameter=20
|Axis=6 h
|Denomination=denarius
|Standard=Roman
|Coin series reference=E. A. Sydenham, The Coinage of the Roman Republic, London, 1952, 1210.;M. Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, 2 Vols, Cambridge, 1974, 543/1.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles, wearing lion skin.
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Alexander III the Great (Argead king, 336-323 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Overstruck date from=320 BCE
|Overstruck date to=200 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck denomination=drachma
|Overstruck standard=Attic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Price 1991
|Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
|Level of confidence=strong
|Remarks=Overstruck on an uncertain drachm with head of Herakles wearing lion skin obverse type.
}}