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Drachm - Ptolemy IV Philopator Alexandria, ΔI
| Uitgever | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Jaar | 219 BC |
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| Valuta | Ptolemaic drachm (bronze reform of Ptolemy II Philadelphus, circa 265/260 – 204 BC) |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bearded head of Zeus Ammon in right profile, adorned with ram's horns curling before the ears, a characteristic attribute of the syncretic Egypto-Greek deity. The head is bound with a taenia surmounted by a basileion (royal diadem element), and the voluminous hair and beard are rendered in bold, deeply modelled locks typical of the Alexandrian workshop. The portrait fills the field with commanding authority, consistent with the large-module bronze coinage of the Ptolemaic series. No legend appears on the obverse. |
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| Opschrift keerzijde | ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔI (Translation: King Ptolemy.) |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Ptolemy IV Philopator is remembered less for administrative competence than for the crisis that defined his reign: the Fourth Syrian War, launched by Antiochus III in 219 BC, the very year this piece was struck. Egypt's military near-collapse forced an unprecedented mobilization of native Egyptian soldiers — machimoi — into the phalanx, a concession that gave those troops political leverage they would not relinquish, feeding decades of internal revolt.
The ΔI control mark places this within a tightly documented Alexandrian series catalogued by Lorber.