bgr_829553 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme
Not available.
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 480.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2023)
Price : 480.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 287-286 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Beau buste de Ptolémée Ier. Revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne
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/ (MPA)
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Plusieurs petites contremarques le long du visage au droit ; une dernière l’aigle au revers ; grafitti devant la tête de l’aigle (A).
Several small countermarks along the face on the right; a final one the eagle on the reverse; graffiti in front of the eagle's head (A)
Several small countermarks along the face on the right; a final one the eagle on the reverse; graffiti in front of the eagle's head (A)
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.
Report a mistake
Print the page
Share my selection
Ask a question
Consign / sellYour Recently Viewed Items
GREAT-BRITAIN - EDWARD VII 1/2 Penny 1903 MS
16.00 €
ITALY 50 Centesimi Victor Emmanuel III 1924 Rome AU
400.00 €
ITALY 1 Lire Victor Emmanuel III 1905 Rome VF
75.00 €
cgbfr.com numismatists
