bgr_557391 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme

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Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 289-288 AC.

Mint name / Town : Alexandria

Metal : silver

Diameter : 28 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 13,81 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire centré. Bel aigle au revers. Usure plus importante au droit. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

Sv.265 pl. 11/16 - Cop.- - Gülnar 2/3181 (54 ex.) - MP.24

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Ptolémée Ier Soter à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes.

Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ R/ (AUR).

Historical background

EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER

(323-283 BC)

King

Ptolemy was a childhood friend of Alexander. After the death of the latter in 323 BC, he received the satrapy of Egypt. Diadoque, he fought for forty years against his colleagues, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Antigone and Demetrius. Ptolemy was the only successor of Alexander to die in his bed.

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bgr_557391 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme

Obverse

Reverse

Historical background

EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER

(323-283 BC)

King

Ptolemy was a childhood friend of Alexander. After the death of the latter in 323 BC, he received the satrapy of Egypt. Diadoque, he fought for forty years against his colleagues, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Antigone and Demetrius. Ptolemy was the only successor of Alexander to die in his bed.

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