v49_0453 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Tetrachalque, (GB, Æ 36)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
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Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetrachalque, (GB, Æ 36)
Date: c. 245-225 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 36 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 36,84 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait de Zeus-Ammon. Revers bien venu à la frappe, où tous les détails du plumage de l’aigle sont visibles. Très jolie patine marron foncé
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, la tête tournée à droite ; une corne d’abondance derrière l’aile ; un chrisme entre les pattes de l’aigle.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ (Prolemaiou Basilews)
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Trou de centrage des deux côtés. Exemplaire de poids très léger pour ce type.
Centering hole on both sides. Very light weight specimen for this type.
Centering hole on both sides. Very light weight specimen for this 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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