bgr_301037 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 750.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 750.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 4
Mint name / Town : Phénicie ou Palestine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,13 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale avec les grènetis visibles. Beau portrait inhabituel de Ptolémée III. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Ptolémée III à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entr’ouvertes ; dans le champ monogramme de Tyr et massue ; date et monogrammes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente pour ce type qui semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent penser les ouvrages généraux.
We have not found any relevant coin identity for this type, which seems much rarer than general works suggest.
We have not found any relevant coin identity for this type, which seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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