v41_0332 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY III EUERGETES Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 3
Mint name / Town : Phénicie, Ptolemais
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,13 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire ayant conservé une partie de son coupant d’origine, en particulier au revers. Flan taché au droit
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de TRESORS II, n° 11, de MONNAIES XXVIII, n° 92 et de MONNAIES 36, n° 263
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Ptolémée Ier à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes ; dans le champ de chaque côté, les deux premières lettres de l’atelier, la date et deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - SW[THROS]// PP/ ME/ G/ A
Commentary
Mêmes coins de droit et de revers que l’exemplaire du musée d’Athènes (Svoronos n° 1036, pl. 32/14) et que. Semble le troisième exemplaire signalé.
Same obverse and reverse corners as the example in the Athens Museum (Svoronos no. 1036, pl. 32/14) and as. Seems to be the third example reported
Same obverse and reverse corners as the example in the Athens Museum (Svoronos no. 1036, pl. 32/14) and as. Seems to be the third example reported
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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