Live auction - bgr_820497 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Drachme
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 155 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 November 2023 14:24:45 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 217-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 42 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 61,61 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli portrait de Zeus. Fine usure régulière. Patine foncée
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 déployées ; dans le champ à gauche, une massue.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ DI
.
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Ce type était précédemment attribué à Ptolémée III. Trou de centrage visible de chaque côté. Au revers, la massue semble regravée sur une corne d’abondance. Ce type serait frappé après la bataille de Raphia en 217 avant J.-C. et la reprise de la Phénicie avec un étalon plus léger. Le droit est inspiré directement par les monnaies d’Alexandrtie, parfois avec des liaisons de coinsavec cet atelier d’après C. Lorber.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR
(221-205 BC)
Ptolemy IV (238-205 AC.) is the son of Philippe IV Évergète and Berenice II. He received the title of Philopator (his father's friend) in derision, because he is accused of having poisoned him. During his reign, it was Sosibios who really ruled Egypt. He lost in 219 Seleucia of Pieria, which he had to abandon to Antiochus III the Great, but the victory of Raphia in 217 BC restored the balance and enabled him to recover Coele-Syria from the Seleucid. Ptolemy IV, after a dissolute life, died at age 33, leaving a five-year-old child, Ptolemy V, in the care of his wife/sister Arsinoe III.
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