E-auction 647-657464 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Hemichalque
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Type : Hemichalque
Date: c. 245-225 AC.
Mint name / Town : Chypre
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 5,92 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée et cornue de Zeus-Ammon à droite ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Statue cultuelle d’Aphrodite (Vénus) debout de face, coiffée du polos et vêtue du chiton long ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Trou de centrage des deux côtés. Revers particulièrement inhabituel.
Centering hole on both sides. Particularly unusual reverse
Centering hole on both sides. Particularly unusual reverse
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES
(246-221 BC)
Ptolemy III Euergetes (the Generous) is the son of Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe, whose coinage he restored on magnificent octodrachms and divisionaries associating his parents and grandparents, Ptolemy I Soter and Bérénice. The pagid kingdom reached its apogee under his reign. In permanent conflict with the Seleucids, he invaded Asia Minor and pushed the Egyptian army to Media after the assassination of his sister Berenice, widow of Antiochus II. Troubles in Egypt where Berenice II was regent forced her to end her brilliant campaign and return to the kingdom. On his death in 221 BC, he left an important empire that dominated Syria and southern Asia Minor in addition to Egypt.
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