E-auction 360-273165 - bgr_575407 - LAGID KINGDOM - CLEOPATRA VII AND PTOLEMY CAESAR Tétradrachme

LAGID KINGDOM - CLEOPATRA VII AND PTOLEMY CAESAR Tétradrachme VF

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Estimate :	100 €
Price :	62 €
Maximum bid :	125 €
End of the sale :	09 March 2020 14:02:30
bidders :	12 bidders

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: an 10

Mint name / Town : Alexandria

Metal : billon

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 7,71 g.

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier en cuivre argenté (fourré) à l’usure importante, parfaitement lisible et identifiable

Catalogue references :

Sv.1867 pl. 62/21 - Cop.416

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.

Reverse

Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entr'ouvertes.

Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LI -PA.

Commentary

Poids extrêmement léger. Fourré. Sur ce tétradrachme, Cléopâtre VII est associée à son fils, Ptolémée XV (44-31 avant J.-C.), plus connu sous le nom de Césarion.

Historical background

LAGID KINGDOM - CLEOPATRA VII AND PTOLEMY CAESAR

(51-30 BC)

Cleopatra (69-30 AC. ) is the daughter of Ptolemy XII and Cleopatra VI. She succeeded her father in 51 BC.. -VS. together with her brother and husband Ptolemy XIII (51-47 AC. ). Pompey, after the defeat of Pharsalus (48 AC. ), tried to find refuge in Egypt, but was assassinated at the instigation of Ptolemy XIII. Caesar arrived in Alexandria, took the side of Cleopatra against his brother, (war of Alexandria), fell under the charm of the queen of Egypt and had a son, Caesarion, the future Ptolemy XV. Cleopatra followed the conqueror to Rome, but returned to Egypt after Caesar's death in 44 BC. -VS. She then subjugated Marc-Antoine, Caesar's lieutenant and the partner of Octave and Lépide in the second Triumvirate. She had several children including Ptolemy Philadelphus. The war became inevitable between Rome and Egypt from the proclamation of the "donation of Alexandria" where Marc-Antoine projected to restore the lagide power in the East. Antony and Cleopatra were defeated at Actium in 31 BC. -VS. Antoine committed suicide the following year and Cleopatra, in order not to appear in the Triumph of Octave, preferred to kill herself with an asp.. Caesarion was put to death by Octavian.