Live auction - bgr_764064 - EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XIII Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 800 € |
| Price : | 450 € |
| Maximum bid : | 450 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 September 2022 14:28:43 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 3
Mint name / Town : Alexandrie, Égypte
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,17 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée présentant un superbe buste du roi. Très joli revers. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé du roi à droite avec l'égide nouée autour du cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à gauche sur un foudre, les ailes entrouvertes.
Reverse legend : PTOLEMAIOU - BASILEWS/ LG - PA
Reverse translation : (Ptolémée roi/ an 3).
Commentary
Le portrait n’a plus rien à voir avec celui de Ptolémée Ier Soter.
Historical background
EGYPT - LAGID OR PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM - PTOLEMY XIII
(51-47 BC)
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator (born around 61 BC and died January 15, 47 BC near Alqam in Egypt) was one of the last pharaohs of Egypt before the Roman period. Son of Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos, he succeeded him in -51 and reigned jointly with his older sister Cleopatra VII whom he married (cf. Wikipedia).
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