v24_0156 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Octodrachme d’or (mnaieon)
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 9 000.00 €
Estimate : 12 000.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 9 000.00 €
Estimate : 12 000.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Octodrachme d’or (mnaieon)
Date: c. 221-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : gold
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 27,84 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Portrait tout à fait exceptionnel pour ce type de monnayage. Revers de très bon style. Une minuscule rayure dans le champ
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acheté en novembre 1958 et pourrait provenir du trésor de Benha (IGCH 1694), situé à 50 kilomètres au nord du Caire, enfoui vers 217 avant J.-C et qui contenait 2 octodrachmes de Ptolémée IV d’Alexandrie
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste radié, diadémé et drapé de Ptolémée III Philopator avec l’égide sur la poitrine et un trident sur l’épaule.
Reverse
Reverse description : Corne d’abondance, remplie de fruits, surmontée d’une couronne radiée, les bandelettes flottant au vent.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ DI
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l’exemplaire de la collection du Chastel (n° 297, pl. 15) et que les exemplaires des collections de Luynes (n° 3573), Boston (n° 2283), Gulbekian (n° 1076) et Lockett (n° 3424).
Same obverse die as the copy from the Chastel collection (no. 297, pl. 15) and as the examples from the collections of Luynes (no. 3573), Boston (no. 2283), Gulbekian (no. 1076) and Lockett (no. 3424)
Same obverse die as the copy from the Chastel collection (no. 297, pl. 15) and as the examples from the collections of Luynes (no. 3573), Boston (no. 2283), Gulbekian (no. 1076) and Lockett (no. 3424)
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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