Live auction - bgr_978846 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 505 € |
| Maximum bid : | 505 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 March 2025 14:22:07 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 284-283 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Superbe revers, finement détaillé. Joli buste, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Ptolémée à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU- BASILEWS// R/ (PAR)
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).
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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