Live auction - bgr_681223 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Hemidrachme
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | 790 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 300 € |
| End of the sale : | 07 September 2021 14:50:21 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Hemidrachme
Date: 305-283 AC
Metal : gold
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 1,75 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Petites marques au droit à 3h et 6h mais très joli buste. Revers à l’usure régulière. Patine de collection
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 entre ouvertes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS// A
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).
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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