bgr_1177109 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Hemiobole
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Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 305-298 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 7,49 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection de Jean Benusiglio (1918-2018), ancien président de la Société archéologique de Bordeaux
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.
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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