bgr_619882 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IX SOTER II AND CLEOPATRA III Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 2
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 13,27 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan un peu court sur les légendes. Buste de Ptolémée de haut relief. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse au droit avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Ptolémée IX à droite avec l’égide.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LA/ PA.
Reverse translation : (de Ptolémée roi/ an 2).
Commentary
Pour l’an 2, Svoronos a recensé quinze exemplaires. Souvent ce type est donné pour l’atelier de Paphos alors que Ptolémée IX n’y règne qu’à partir de 106 avant J.-C. Trace de double frappe au revers sur la légende.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY IX SOTER II AND CLEOPATRA III
(116-107 BC)
First reign
Ptolemy IX, born in 141 BC, is the eldest son of Ptolemy VIII Euergetes (145-116 BC) and Cleopatra III. He succeeded his father in 116 BC. He appointed his younger brother, Ptolemy X Alexander I, governor of Cyprus in 113 BC. In 106 BC, he was overthrown by his brother and took his place in Cyprus. Ptolemy X reigned with his mother until her death. Finally after a reign of eighteen years, he was driven out by the Alexandrians and murdered at sea in 88 BC. Ptolemy IX Soter II then regained possession of his throne for the last eight years of his life..
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