v49_0454 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Tetrachalque, (GB, Æ 38)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 125.00 €
Estimate : 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetrachalque, (GB, Æ 38)
Date: c. 221-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 37,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 41,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et biseauté sur la tranche, épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. à l’usure régulière. Jolie revers avec l’aigle bien venu à la frappe. Patine marron superficielle
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée et cornue de Zeus-Ammon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à droite ; une corne d’abondance derrière l’aile.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAI-OU - BASILEWS/ E (Prolemaiou Basilews)
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Trou de centrage des deux côtés. Exemplaire de poids lourd pour ce type.
Centering hole on both sides. Heavyweight example for this type
Centering hole on both sides. Heavyweight example for this type
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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