Live auction - bgr_822280 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Dichalque
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 115 € |
| Maximum bid : | 120 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 November 2023 14:02:52 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Dichalque
Date: c. 300-283 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,46 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait de Zeus. Usure plus importante au revers. Patine marron
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes dépoloyées ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ (AG)/ (PA).
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée).
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER
(323-283 BC)
King
Ptolemy was a childhood friend of Alexander. After the death of the latter in 323 BC, he received the satrapy of Egypt. Diadoque, he fought for forty years against his colleagues, Lysimachus, Seleucus, Antigone and Demetrius. Ptolemy was the only successor of Alexander to die in his bed.
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