E-auction 97-50588 - bgr_343506 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY VIII EUERGETES II Chalque
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Estimate : | 145 € |
Price : | 46 € |
Maximum bid : | 50 € |
End of the sale : | 23 February 2015 15:02:30 |
bidders : | 8 bidders |
Type : Chalque
Date: c. 163-116 AC.
Mint name / Town : Cyrène, Cyrénaïque
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Ptolémée Ier. Joli revers inhabituel. Patine noire
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Ptolémée Ier à droite, l’égide nouée sous le cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : La Libye diadémée et drapée à droite coiffé de la tainia, les cheveux longs tombant en grandes mèches sur le cou ; une petite double corne d’abondance (cornucopiae) à la pointe du cou.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS - PTOLEMAIOU.
Reverse translation : (roi Ptolémée).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.