Live auction - bgr_411427 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Tetrachalque

EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Tetrachalque AU

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Estimate :	450 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	31 January 2017 14:25:29

Type : Tetrachalque

Date: c. 246-221 AC.

Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypt

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 35 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 29,38 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan large à bords biseautés bien venu à la frappe. Belle tête de Zeus Ammon à l’usure superficielle. Joli revers. Belle patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

Sv.964 - BMC.89 - Cop.171 - GC.7817 - MP.119

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête diadémée et cornue de Zeus Ammon à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées ; dans le champ à gauche, une corne d’abondance avec ses bandelettes ; un chrisme entre les pattes de l’aigle.

Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS (Prolemaiou Basilews).

Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).