bgr_1166459 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Bronze
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Price : 120.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2026)
Price : 120.00 €
Type : Bronze
Date: c. 220 AC
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : bronze or copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure importante mais régulière. Portrait agréable. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection de Jean Benusiglio (1918-2018), ancien président de la Société archéologique de Bordeaux
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Arès à droite, coiffée d'un casque attique.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées ; dans le champ à gauche, une corne d'abondance.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR
(221-205 BC)
Ptolemy IV (238-205 BC) was the son of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Berenice II. He was given the title Philopator (his father's friend) in derision, as he is accused of having poisoned him. During his reign, Sosibius actually ruled Egypt. In 219, he lost Seleucia Pieria, which he had to abandon to Antiochus III the Great, but the victory at Raphia in 217 BC restored the balance and allowed him to recover Coele-Syria from the Seleucids. Ptolemy IV, after a dissolute life, died at the age of 33, leaving a five-year-old child, Ptolemy V, under the guardianship of his wife/sister Arsinoe III.
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