bgr_1183463 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 221-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Égypte, Alexandrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,04 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli revers. Frappe un peu faible. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes accolés à droite de Sérapis lauré et drapé avec la coiffe d'Osiris et d'Isis diadémée et drapée surmonté du globe cornu ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, détournant la tête à droite, les ailes ouvertes, derrière lui, une corne d'abondance ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS// DI
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
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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