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Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC). AV Oktadrachm (Mnaieion). Alexandria. 27.74 gms
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Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC). AV Oktadrachm (Mnaieion). Alexandria. 27.74 gms. Commemorative issue struck under Ptolemy IV Philopator. (221-205 BC). Deified bust of Ptolemy III right, wearing a radiate diadem and aegis, trident over shoulder, middle prong ending in a lotus finial, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ПToΛEMAIoY, Radiate and filleted cornucopiae, ΔI below. Svoronos 1117, Boston MFA 2283, Kraay-Hirmer 803, SNG Copenhagen 196, BMC 103-4, Noeske 137. Ptolemy IV, whose epithet not surprisingly is Philopator, struck an extensive series of Oktadrachm honoring his father, Ptolemy III. On them the father is given divine attributes: radiate diadem for Helios, aegis for Zeus and trident for Poseidon. The purpose here being to show that Ptolemy III was master of the three Elements – Heaven, Earth and Sea. While Ptolemy IV may have idolized his father, his filial affection certainly didn’t extend to his mother. A drunken, vice-ridden ruler and devotee of orgiastic religious rites, Ptolemy IV ushered in his feeble reign by arranging the murder of his mother -- Berenike II, and his uncle and brother. Light marks and a few small scrapes, typical die rust. Very Fine.
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Kings of Egypt. Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BC). AV Oktadrachm (Mnaieion). Alexandria. 27.74 gms. Commemorative issue struck under Ptolemy IV Philopator. (221-205 BC). Deified bust of Ptolemy III right, wearing a radiate diadem and aegis, trident over shoulder, middle prong ending in a lotus finial, rev. BAΣIΛEΩΣ ПToΛEMAIoY, Radiate and filleted cornucopiae, ΔI below. Svoronos 1117, Boston MFA 2283, Kraay-Hirmer 803, SNG Copenhagen 196, BMC 103-4, Noeske 137. Ptolemy IV, whose epithet not surprisingly is Philopator, struck an extensive series of Oktadrachm honoring his father, Ptolemy III. On them the father is given divine attributes: radiate diadem for Helios, aegis for Zeus and trident for Poseidon. The purpose here being to show that Ptolemy III was master of the three Elements – Heaven, Earth and Sea. While Ptolemy IV may have idolized his father, his filial affection certainly didn’t extend to his mother. A drunken, vice-ridden ruler and devotee of orgiastic religious rites, Ptolemy IV ushered in his feeble reign by arranging the murder of his mother -- Berenike II, and his uncle and brother. Light marks and a few small scrapes, typical die rust. Very Fine.
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Lot 1 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction number: 18, Zurich (Switzerland), 03.29.2000, Lot 23.
Lot 8 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Giessener Munzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, Auction number: 81, Munich (Germany), 03.03.1997, Lot 145.
Lot 11 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Jacques Schulman N.V, Auction number: 248, Amsterdam (The Netherlands), 11.19.1968, Lot 74.
Lot 15 - Additional Provenance:
Ex CNG, Auction number: 27, Quarryville (USA), 09.29.1993, Lot 434.
Lot 17 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG List, Auction number: 370, Basel (Switzerland), 08.01.1975, Lot 15.
Ex Giessener Munzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, Auction number: 42, Munich (Germany), 10.11.1988, Lot 186.
Ex Bankhaus H. Aufh, Auction number: 15, Munich (Germany), 03.21.2000, Lot 53.
Lot 20 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG List, Auction number: 379, Basel (Switzerland), 06.01.1976, Lot 18.
Lot 21 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Spink & Son, Auction number: 20, London (UK), 10.06.1986, Lot: 224.
Lot 22 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Auction number: 99, Chicago (USA), 11.25.1997, Lot 119.
Ex Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., Auction number: 108, Chicago (USA), 05.12.1999, Lot 116.
Lot 27 – Additional Provenance:
Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction number: 2, Zurich (Switzerland), 04.25.1972, Lot 140.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction number: 54, Zurich (Switzerland), 04.28.1992, Lot 66.
Lot 40 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG List, Auction number: 524, Basel (Switzerland), 08.01.1989, Lot 26.
Lot 54 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Numismatics Fine Arts, Auction number: 31, Los Angeles (USA), 03.18.1993, Lot 271.
Ex Numismatics Fine Arts, Auction number: 32, New York (USA), 06.10.1993, Lot 128.
Lot 56 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Adolph Hess AG & Bank Leu AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), 04.16.1964, Lot 255.
Ex Frank Sternberg AG, Auction number: 8, Zurich (Switzerland), 11.16.1978, Lot 299.
Lot 73 – Additional Provenance:
Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG, Auction number: 79, Basel (Switzerland), 02.28.1994, Lot 57.
Lot 77 – Additional Provenance:
Ex Frank Sternberg AG, Auction number: 25, Zurich (Switzerland), 11.25.1991, Lot 39.
Lot 91 – Additional Provenance:
Ex Giessener Munzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, Auction number: 46, Munich (Germany), 10.30.1989, Lot 84.
Lot 109 - Additional Provenance:
Ex Munzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction number: 2, Loerrach (Germany), 03.27.1998, Lot 82.
Lot 8, the Syracuse 60 Litrae has a typo in the provenance, it is not lot 46 from CNG Sale 46, but rather Lot 116.
Lot 68, the Bolskan, is possibly a Fourree.
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