Live auction - bgr_822331 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Hemiobole
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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | 45 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 November 2023 14:02:12 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 305-298 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,54 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Alexandre le Grand à droite portant la peau d’éléphant.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes repliées ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER
(323-283 BC)
King
Ptolemy was a childhood friend of Alexander. After the death of the latter in 323 BC, he received the satrapy of Egypt. Diadoque, he fought for forty years against his colleagues, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Antigone and Demetrius. Ptolemy was the only successor of Alexander to die in his bed.
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