bgr_301041 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IX SOTER II AND CLEOPATRA III Chalque
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Price : 145.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Chalque
Date: 116-106 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés, mais court sur la légende de revers. Beau portrait de Ptoléméeavec une petite paille de métal sur le visage. Joli revers finement détaillé. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets gris dorés. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire a été acquis en 1992
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus Ammon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Coiffe d’Isis dans le champ ornée de deux bandelettes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ SW
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
La coiffe d’Isis est ornementée de bandelettes tombant de chaque côté.
Isis' headdress is decorated with strips falling on each side
Isis' headdress is decorated with strips falling on each side
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IX SOTER II AND CLEOPATRA III
(116-107 BC)
First reign
Ptolemy IX, born in 141 BC, is the eldest son of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (145-116 BC) and Cleopatra III. He succeeded his father in 116 BC. He appointed his younger brother, Ptolemy X Alexander I, governor of Cyprus in 113 BC. In 106 BC, he was overthrown by his brother and took his place in Cyprus. Ptolemy X reigned with his mother until her death. Finally after a reign of eighteen years, he was driven out by the Alexandrians and murdered at sea in 88 BC. Ptolemy IX Soter II then regained possession of his throne for the last eight years of his life..
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