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bgr_461731 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY VIII EUERGETES II Tétradrachme

EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY VIII EUERGETES II Tétradrachme AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 550.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 29
Mint name / Town : Salamine,Chypre
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,84 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Très belle tête de Ptolémée VIII, expressive. Joli revers de frappe un peu molle. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Ptolémée VIII à droite avec l’égide.

Reverse


Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes repliées.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LKQ/ SA.
Reverse translation : (du roi Ptolémée/ an 29).

Commentary


Poids léger. Semble de même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du musée de Copenhague (Cop. 573, pl. XIX). Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le proposons à la vente pour cette date.

Historical background


EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY VIII EUERGETES II

(145-116 BC)

Ptolemy VIII is the son of Ptolemy V Epiphanes (204-180 BC) and Cleopatra I, daughter of Antiochus III of Syria. Child at the death of his father, it was his brother who ascended the throne under the name of Ptolemy VI Philometor (180-145 BC). Under the regency of Cleopatra I until her death in 176 BC, the two brothers had to share the throne between 170 and 164 BC. At odds with his brother, Ptolemy VIII retired to Cyrenaica until on the death of Ptolemy VI in 145 BC Ptolemy VIII got rid of his nephew Ptolemy VII by having him assassinated. He successively married his sister Cleopatra II, widow of his brother, then his niece, Cleopatra III from 142 BC. He reigned for thirty years.

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