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bgr_686779 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS Tétradrachme

EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS Tétradrachme AU
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 28
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré des deux côtés. Très joli revers. Portrait agréable. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.

Reverse


Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes, la coiffe d’Isis dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LKH-PA.
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).

Historical background


EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS

(80-51 BC)

Second Reign

In 80 BC, Sylla imposed Ptolemy XI Alexander, son of Ptolemy X. The new king had Berenice III assassinated before being eliminated himself, without an heir. Ptolemy XII Auletes, that is to say the flute player, son of Ptolemy IX Soter ascended the throne. He placed himself under the protection of the Romans. In 58 BC, it was driven out of Egypt by the Alexandrians and then restored by the Romans four years later. He is the father of Cleopatra VII, the Great, who succeeded him.

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