bgr_373898 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 29
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,08 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait au droit. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé du roi à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LKQ - PA
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi/ An 29).
Commentary
Le portrait n’a plus rien à voir avec celui de Ptolémée Ier Soter Ce tétradrachme est daté de l’avant dernière année de règne du monarque.
The portrait no longer has anything to do with that of Ptolemy I Soter This tetradrachm is dated from the penultimate year of the monarch's reign
The portrait no longer has anything to do with that of Ptolemy I Soter This tetradrachm is dated from the penultimate year of the monarch's reign
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS
(80-51 BC)
Second Reign
In 80 BC, Sylla imposed Ptolemy XI Alexander, son of Ptolemy X. The new king had Berenice III assassinated before being eliminated himself, without an heir. Ptolemy XII Auletes, that is to say the flute player, son of Ptolemy IX Soter ascended the throne. He placed himself under the protection of the Romans. In 58 BC, it was driven out of Egypt by the Alexandrians and then restored by the Romans four years later. He is the father of Cleopatra VII, the Great, who succeeded him.
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