bgr_427397 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme
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Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 287-286 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,96 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête de Ptolémée Ier. Usure plus prononcée au revers. Patine de collection
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 entre ouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, une corne d’abondance.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS// R/ (PA)
Commentary
Plusieurs contremarques et graffiti devant le visage et dans le champ.
Several countermarks and graffiti in front of the face and in the field
Several countermarks and graffiti in front of the face and in the field
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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