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Tetradrachm - Ptolemy VIII Euergetes I Kition
| Emittent | Ptolemaic Kingdom |
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| Jahr | 139 BC - 137 BC |
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| Währung | Drachm (204 – 30 BC) |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Idealized diademed head of Ptolemy I Soter facing right, rendered in the Hellenistic portrait tradition with flowing, elaborately curled hair secured by a broad royal diadem. The effigy is adorned with an aegis at the neck, its characteristic scaly texture and serpent border clearly delineated, serving as a divine attribute linking the ruler to Zeus and Alexander the Great. The portrait displays the strong, slightly fleshy features characteristic of Ptolemaic dynastic imagery, with a well-defined jaw and prominent nose. The field is plain, with no exergual line or additional devices, the entire obverse surface devoted to the commanding royal portrait. |
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| Prägestätte | Kition (Cyprus) |
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Ptolemy VIII — known to his subjects as "Physkon," meaning potbelly — was one of the more brutal rulers in Ptolemaic history, having massacred the Alexandrian intellectual class early in his reign and driven much of the scholarly community into exile across the Mediterranean. The Kition mint on Cyprus was among the secondary silver-striking facilities the dynasty maintained to supply the eastern Mediterranean trade networks, operating under tight Ptolemaic monetary control that prohibited foreign coinages within the kingdom's sphere.
The SNG Copenhagen references for this type span two die groupings, suggesting uninterrupted but modest output during this narrow window of production.