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bgr_575134 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Drachme
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Price : 250.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 245-225 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 39,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 67,08 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et épais à l’usure régulière. Belle tête de Zeus au droit. Frappe un peu brouillée au revers. Patine marron fonc
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée et cornue de Zeus-Ammon à droite ; grènetis perlé circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, une corne d’abondance dans le champ à gauche ; symbole entre les jambes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAI-OU - BASILEWS/ SE (Prolemaiou Basilews).
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Trou de centrage des deux côtés. Exemplaire de poids léger pour ce type.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES
(246-221 BC)
Ptolemy III Euergetes (the Generous) is the son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe, whose coinage he restored on magnificent octodrachms and divisionaries associating his parents and grandparents, Ptolemy I Soter and Bérénice. The pagid kingdom reached its apogee under his reign. In permanent conflict with the Seleucids, he invaded Asia Minor and pushed the Egyptian army to Media after the assassination of his sister Berenice, widow of Antiochus II. Troubles in Egypt where Berenice II was regent forced her to end her brilliant campaign and return to the kingdom. On his death in 221 BC, he left an important empire that dominated Syria and southern Asia Minor in addition to Egypt.
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