Live auction - bgr_364771 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | 430 € |
| Maximum bid : | 430 € |
| End of the sale : | 29 September 2015 14:38:02 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 30
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,04 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement bombé, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait du roi. Revers bien venu à la frappe, de haut relief, finement détaillé. Patine grise de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection Abdo Ayoub
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé du roi à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes ; dans le champ à gauche, la coiffe d’Isis ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LL - PA
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi/ an 30).
Commentary
Le portrait n’a plus rien à voir avec celui de Ptolémée Ier Soter. Nous avons devant l’aigle, la coiffe d’Isis.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XII NEOS DIONYSOS
(80-51 BC)
Second Reign
In 80 BC, Sylla imposed Ptolemy XI Alexander, son of Ptolemy X. The new king had Berenice III assassinated before being eliminated himself, without an heir. Ptolemy XII Auletes, that is to say the flute player, son of Ptolemy IX Soter ascended the throne. He placed himself under the protection of the Romans. In 58 BC, it was driven out of Egypt by the Alexandrians and then restored by the Romans four years later. He is the father of Cleopatra VII, the Great, who succeeded him.
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