bgr_905428 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY V EPIPHANES Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 202-200 AC
Mint name / Town : atelier phénicien, Sidon ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 12,63 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Joli buste. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé et drapé de Ptolémée IV à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - FILOPATOROS/ NI/ Q.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY V EPIPHANES
(204-180 BC)
Ptolemy V, king at 5, died at 29. He was crowned Pharaoh in Memphis in 197 BC. This event was immortalized by the Rosetta stone that Champollion was to transcribe 2,000 years later, delivering the key to the hieroglyphic writing. Ptolemy V married Cleopatra I, daughter of Antiochus III, and left two minor sons: Ptolemy VI and VIII.
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