MONNAIES 51 (2011)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 907.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 911.00 €
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 907.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 911.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 221 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 14,14 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très beau portrait. Joli revers à l’usure superficielle. Belle patine superficielle avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB, avril 1995
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Ptolémée Ier à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes fermées ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - SWTHROS
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée sauveur).
Commentary
Petite trace de début de cassure de coin devant le bec de l’aigle au revers. Émission sans aucune marque ou point secret. Notre exemplaire est très proche de celui des planches (Sv. -, pl. XXVI, n° 3, cf. Sv. 853 attribué à l’atelier de Chypre, c. 269-261 AC.). Peut-être mêmes coins, mais la qualité des planches ne permet pas d’établir de liaison de coin pertinente. Semble de la plus grande rareté. Manque à la plupart des ouvrages consultés.
Small trace of the beginning of a die break in front of the eagle's beak on the reverse. Issue without any mark or secret point. Our example is very close to that of the plates (Sv. -, pl. XXVI, no. 3, cf. Sv. 853 attributed to the Cyprus workshop, c. 269-261 BC.). Perhaps the same dies, but the quality of the plates does not allow for the establishment of a relevant die connection. Appears to be extremely rare. Missing from most of the works consulted
Small trace of the beginning of a die break in front of the eagle's beak on the reverse. Issue without any mark or secret point. Our example is very close to that of the plates (Sv. -, pl. XXVI, no. 3, cf. Sv. 853 attributed to the Cyprus workshop, c. 269-261 BC.). Perhaps the same dies, but the quality of the plates does not allow for the establishment of a relevant die connection. Appears to be extremely rare. Missing from most of the works consulted
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR
(221-205 BC)
Ptolemy IV (238-205 BC) was the son of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Berenice II. He was given the title Philopator (his father's friend) in derision, as he is accused of having poisoned him. During his reign, Sosibius actually ruled Egypt. In 219, he lost Seleucia Pieria, which he had to abandon to Antiochus III the Great, but the victory at Raphia in 217 BC restored the balance and allowed him to recover Coele-Syria from the Seleucids. Ptolemy IV, after a dissolute life, died at the age of 33, leaving a five-year-old child, Ptolemy V, under the guardianship of his wife/sister Arsinoe III.
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