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 use of bronze coins was revived (absent since the reign of ptolemy ix) and silver currency was debased roughly 40% by the end of her reign. coins struck under cleopatra's reign came from a wide geographical expanse, including sites in egypt like alexandria, but also the island of cyprus, antioch, damascus and chalcis ad belum in syria, tripolis in phoenicia, askalon in judea, and cyrenaica in libya. surviving coins minted under cleopatra include those from virtually every year of her reign. they commonly bore an image of cleopatra, along with that of the goddess isis. some imitate the coinage of her ptolemaic ancestor arsinoe ii. coins struck with mark antony include roman "denarii" with dual images of cleopatra and antony, the first time that a foreign queen appeared on roman coins with latin inscriptions.