Live auction - bgr_515453 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY VI PHILOMETOR Tetrachalque

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AU/XF

Estimate :	520 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	29 January 2019 14:13:00

Type : Tetrachalque

Date: c. 176-170 AC

Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte

Metal : bronze or copper

Diameter : 36 mm

Orientation dies : 11 h.

Weight : 43,32 g.

Rarity : R2

Catalogue references :

Sv.1403 - Cop.- - GC.7898 - BMC.59 var. - MP.-

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire acquis en 1987 provient du stock de CGB (bgr_285933) et de la collection du Docteur J.-M. F

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus-Ammon à droite, cornue.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes fermées ; dans le champ à gauche, une fleur de lotus ; derrière l’aigle, une contremarque E dans un carré.

Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ EUL

Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).

Commentary

Point de centrage des deux côtés. Contremarque E dans un carré. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux. Ce type est parfois attribué à un atelier chypriote.
Centering point on both sides. Countermark E in a square. This type seems rarer than general works suggest. This type is sometimes attributed to a Cypriot workshop.