Live auction - bgr_626541 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IV PHILOPATOR Tetrachalque
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| Estimate : | 350 € |
| Price : | 200 € |
| Maximum bid : | 495 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2021 14:38:13 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tetrachalque
Date: c. 221-220 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 38 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 44,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très joli portrait de Zeus-Ammon, bien détaillé. Quelques faiblesses au revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée et cornue de Zeus- Ammon à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées, la tête tournée à droite ; une corne d’abondance derrière l’aile.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAI-OU - BASILEWS/ E (Prolemaiou Basilews)
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi).
Commentary
Trou de centrage des deux côtés.
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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