Live auction - bgr_371175 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 960 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 040 € |
| End of the sale : | 15 December 2015 14:28:12 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 292/291 - 291/290 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait de haut relief. Revers de toute beauté où toutes les plumes de l’aigle sont visibles. Magnifique patine de médaillier avec des reflets mordorés et bleutés acier. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé de Ptolémée Ier Soter à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, deux monogrammes.
Reverse legend : [PTOLEMAIOU] - BASILEWS/ R/ (AR)
Commentary
Deux grafitti au droit devant le visage. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente pour cet exemplaire.
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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