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<p>[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4867758, member: 87200"]Inspired by [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] - I just picked up a giant piece of Egypto-Greek bronze (AE Drachm, 75.52 grams) featuring the syncretic king of the gods <a href="https://www.livius.org/articles/place/ammon-siwa/ammon-deity/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livius.org/articles/place/ammon-siwa/ammon-deity/" rel="nofollow">Zeus-Ammon</a> on the obverse. By combining the Egyptian supreme god with Zeus, the supreme god of the Greeks, an all-powerful deity was created.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ptolemy IV Philopator, or full regnal name in Egyptian "Iwaennetjerwy-menkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun," a designation that means "Heir of the [two] Beneficent Gods, Chosen of Ptah, Powerful is the Soul of Re, Living Image of Amun."</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg/800px-Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">Relief depicting Ptolemy IV making an offering to Montu at Deir el-Medina. The cartouche on the right reads "Ptolemaios may he live forever and ever."</font></p><p><br /></p><p>He was somewhat dissolute according to the sources, mainly <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius" rel="nofollow">Polybius</a>, favoring strong drink and other pleasures and ignoring foreign affairs, hence Syria was lost to the Seleucid Kingdom and the natives also revolted in Upper Egypt. Also, silver came into short supply and as a result, more of the large bronze types were struck.</p><p><br /></p><p>He eventually recruited an army of 55,000 men and marched against Antiochus III at Raffa in Palestine where he was victorious, or at least the Seleucid forces were turned back...the battle was notable as Ptolemy had a large corps of war-elephants which frightened the Seleucid horse. As a builder, Ptolemy was very active in building new temples and upgrading older ones. A case in point is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Edfu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Edfu" rel="nofollow">temple of Horus at Edfu</a>, which was started by Ptolemy III but mainly completed during his reign.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Temple_Edfou_Egypte.jpg/800px-Temple_Edfou_Egypte.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><font size="3">Temple of Horus at Edfu, which I visited a few years back. Enjoyed a nice breakfast of Fuul, eggs, pomegranate, flatbread and okra that day courtesy of my inn proprietor Osman Pasha, which was less than a km from the monument (Asar). </font></p><p><font size="3"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">And now on to the coin:</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">EGYPT.ALEXANDRIA. </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Drachma. ( 75.52g, 41mm, 12h)</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Obverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in front, ΛΙ between legs</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Reference: SNG Cop 199.</font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">[ATTACH=full]1175433[/ATTACH] </font></p><p><font size="4"><br /></font></p><p><font size="4">Please share any coins of Ptolemy IV or other Ptolemies that you wish. Curious to see if anyone on CT has a heavier coin...</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ancient coin hunter, post: 4867758, member: 87200"]Inspired by [USER=41219]@furryfrog02[/USER] - I just picked up a giant piece of Egypto-Greek bronze (AE Drachm, 75.52 grams) featuring the syncretic king of the gods [URL='https://www.livius.org/articles/place/ammon-siwa/ammon-deity/']Zeus-Ammon[/URL] on the obverse. By combining the Egyptian supreme god with Zeus, the supreme god of the Greeks, an all-powerful deity was created. Ptolemy IV Philopator, or full regnal name in Egyptian "Iwaennetjerwy-menkhwy Setepptah Userkare Sekhemankhamun," a designation that means "Heir of the [two] Beneficent Gods, Chosen of Ptah, Powerful is the Soul of Re, Living Image of Amun." [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg/800px-Menthu_and_Ptolemy_IV.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3]Relief depicting Ptolemy IV making an offering to Montu at Deir el-Medina. The cartouche on the right reads "Ptolemaios may he live forever and ever."[/SIZE] He was somewhat dissolute according to the sources, mainly [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius']Polybius[/URL], favoring strong drink and other pleasures and ignoring foreign affairs, hence Syria was lost to the Seleucid Kingdom and the natives also revolted in Upper Egypt. Also, silver came into short supply and as a result, more of the large bronze types were struck. He eventually recruited an army of 55,000 men and marched against Antiochus III at Raffa in Palestine where he was victorious, or at least the Seleucid forces were turned back...the battle was notable as Ptolemy had a large corps of war-elephants which frightened the Seleucid horse. As a builder, Ptolemy was very active in building new temples and upgrading older ones. A case in point is the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Edfu']temple of Horus at Edfu[/URL], which was started by Ptolemy III but mainly completed during his reign. [IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Temple_Edfou_Egypte.jpg/800px-Temple_Edfou_Egypte.jpg[/IMG] [SIZE=3]Temple of Horus at Edfu, which I visited a few years back. Enjoyed a nice breakfast of Fuul, eggs, pomegranate, flatbread and okra that day courtesy of my inn proprietor Osman Pasha, which was less than a km from the monument (Asar). [/SIZE] [SIZE=4]And now on to the coin: PTOLEMAIC EMPIRE. EGYPT.ALEXANDRIA. Ptolemy IV 221-205 BC AE Drachma. ( 75.52g, 41mm, 12h) Obverse: Bust of Zeus Ammon right Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae in front, ΛΙ between legs Reference: SNG Cop 199. [ATTACH=full]1175433[/ATTACH] Please share any coins of Ptolemy IV or other Ptolemies that you wish. Curious to see if anyone on CT has a heavier coin...[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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