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Live auction - bgr_843272 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme

EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme AU
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Estimate : 2 200 €
Price : 3 100 €
Maximum bid : 3 200 €
End of the sale : 05 September 2023 14:17:09
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 310-305 AC
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Joli buste, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste cornu et diadémé d'Alexandre le Grand sous les traits de Zeus-Ammon à droite, coiffé de la dépouille d'éléphant avec l'égide.

Reverse


Reverse description : Athéna Promachos ou Alkidemos marchant à droite, brandissant une javeline de la main droite et tenant un bouclier de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme et un aigle sur un foudre tourné à droite ; dans le champ à droite, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ (DI).
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).

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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