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Cleopatra

Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII found it necessary to debase Ptolemaic coinage

050s BC
Alexandria, Egypt

Both Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VII found it necessary to debase Ptolemaic coinage due to financial troubles. No gold coins are known from Cleopatra's reign, while the use of bronze coins was revived and the silver currency was debased roughly 40% by the end of her reign.


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