bgr_1000451 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Octochalque
350.00 €(Approx. 399.00$ | 301.00£)
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Type : Octochalque
Date: c. 221-205 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 41 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 65,53 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Joli portrait. Patine marron
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, uen corne d’abondance.
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.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR
(221-205 BC)
Ptolemy IV (238-205 BC) was the son of Ptolemy III Euergetes and Berenice II. He was given the title Philopator (his father's friend) in derision, as he is accused of having poisoned him. During his reign, Sosibius actually ruled Egypt. In 219, he lost Seleucia Pieria, which he had to abandon to Antiochus III the Great, but the victory at Raphia in 217 BC restored the balance and allowed him to recover Coele-Syria from the Seleucids. Ptolemy IV, after a dissolute life, died at the age of 33, leaving a five-year-old child, Ptolemy V, under the guardianship of his wife/sister Arsinoe III.
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