Ptolemy III King of Egypt 246BC Huge Ancient Greek Egyptian GOLD Coin Oktadrachm
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Ptolemy III King of Egypt 246BC Huge Ancient Greek Egyptian GOLD Coin Oktadrachm:
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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 andaegis, 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 extensiveseries of Oktadrachm honoring his father, Ptolemy III. On them the father isgiven divine attributes: radiate diadem for Helios, aegis for Zeus and tridentfor Poseidon. The purpose here being to show that Ptolemy III was master of thethree Elements Heaven, Earth and Sea. While Ptolemy IV may have idolized hisfather, his filial affection certainly didnt extend to his mother. A drunken,vice-ridden ruler and devotee of orgiastic religious rites, Ptolemy IV usheredin his feeble reign by arranging the murder of his mother -- Berenike II, andhis uncle and brother.
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Ptolemy III King of Egypt 246BC Huge Ancient Greek Egyptian GOLD Coin Oktadrachm:
$19950.00