bgr_887482 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Obole
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Price : 110.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: c. 246-222 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,29 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Zeus. Usure régulière. Revers agréable. Patine marron
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus Ammon cornue à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre ; dans le champ à gauche, une corne d’abondance ; monogramme entre les pattes de l’aigle.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
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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