bgr_1166467 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IX SOTER II AND CLEOPATRA III Obole
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Price : 250.00 €
Type : Obole
Date: 116-107 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cyrène
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 7,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Zeus. Usure régulière. Patine marron
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 laurée de Zeus Ammon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Deux aigles debout à gauche sur un foudre ; devant, un plant de Silphium.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
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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