E-auction 158-95876 - bgr_367873 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY I SOTER Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 130 € |
| Maximum bid : | 200 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 April 2016 14:01:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 287-286 AC.
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré à l’usure très importante mais lisible et identifiable. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entre ouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, une corne d’abondance.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEXS// R/ (PA).
Commentary
Poids léger. Contremarque (BY) dans un ovale au droit pour Byzance ?.
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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