E-auction 578-527726 - bgr_922070 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Hemiobole
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| Estimate : | 90 € |
| Price : | 48 € |
| Maximum bid : | 80 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 May 2024 14:06:20 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Hemiobole
Date: c. 294-288 AC.
Mint name / Town : Tyr, Phénicie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli portrait. Usure importante mais régulière. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Ptolémée Ier au droit.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes déployées ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme et une massue.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU BASILEWS
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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