Historic rare coins of Egypt from theunparalleled Tyrant Collection (www.TheTyrantCollection.com) will be publicly displayedtogether for the first time at the American Numismatic Association Chicago World's Fairof Money® (www.WorldsFairofMoney.com), August 6-10, 2024. The exhibit entitledTyrants of the Nile includes coins of the ancient world's most famous queen, thelegendary Cleopatra VII.

Tyrants of the Nile will be the latest multi-million-dollar exhibition in a multi-yearseries of different educational displays revealing portions of the extensive andunprecedented Tyrant Collection. Owned by Southern California collector Dan O'Dowd,it is described as the world's most valuable rare coin collection in private hands.

said Ira Goldberg President ofGoldberg Coins and Collectibles, Inc. (www.GoldbergCoins.com) in Los Angeles,California. Goldberg is one of the numismatic professionals providing guidance inassembling the wide-ranging Tyrant Collection of superb quality, historic U.S., world,and ancient coins.

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Among the other highlights of the $5 million exhibit will be:

• Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy IV Philopator, 221-204 BC, gold Octodrachm,Sidon mint, struck circa 202-200 BC. Only two specimens are known and amongthe most spectacular gold Greek coins in existence. said Goldberg.

• Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy I, as satrap (provisional governor), goldStater. Alexandria, circa 312-11 BC. Extremely Rare, one of only six known, andone of only three in private hands.

• Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Cleopatra VII archaic silver Tetradrachm, year 64Era of Askalon (41-40 BC). Unique, unpublished and of considerable historicaland numismatic interest. Goldberg explained.

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There are four coins in the exhibit depicting antiquity's most famous queen. Inaddition to the Tetradrachm of Askalon, there are a silver Dioblol and Obol from theAlexandrea mint; and one of the finest known of the rare Tetradrachms with magnificentportraits depicting Cleopatra on one side of the coin and Marc Antony on the other side.

• Vespasian with Titus as Caesar, gold Aureus, AD 69-79. Minted in Alexandria,Egypt after the fall of Jerusalem, AD 70 and extremely rare.

• Justinian I. 527-565, gold Solidus struck at the Alexandria mint circa 527-538. Extremely rare and unpublished in the standard references, it possibly isonly the sixth known. saidGoldberg.

• Incredibly rare gold Dinar of Shajar al-Durr, "Queen of the Muslims, IslamicKingdoms, Mamluks struck in AH 648 (1250) at the al-Qahira (Cairo) mint. said Goldberg.

Another interesting numismatic treasure in the exhibit is a superb proof exampleof a 500 Piastres gold coin issued in 1938 (AH 1357) to commemorate the royalwedding of famous King Farouk, the last king of Egypt and well-known in numismatics.Farouk's legendary and long-ago dispersed coin collection included one of the fiveknown 1913 Liberty Head nickels and the only 1933 Double Eagle that can be privatelyowned because the U.S. government granted the king an export license for it.

Visitors to the August 2024 ANA Chicago World's Fair of Money exhibit (booth#134) can receive a free, illustrated educational booklet about this display. Detailedcatalogs with information and illustrations about each coin in the Tyrants of the Nileexhibit including fascinating details about coins of Cleopatra VII will be available for $10each.

The ANA Chicago World's Fair of Money will be held in Hall A of the Donald E.Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, in Rosemont, Illinois.

Public hours are Tuesday, August 6, from 1 to 5:30 pm; Wednesday throughFriday, August 7 to 9, from 10 am to 5:30 pm; and Saturday, August 10, from 10 am to3:30 pm.

Public admission Tuesday through Friday is $10 daily or $25 for a weekly pass.Children 12 and under are admitted free daily and admission is free for everyone onSaturday.

For additional information visit www.WorldsFairofMoney.com.