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| Origin/Country: |
ANCIENT - GREEK EMPIRES (6th CENT BC - 5th CENT AD) PTOLEMAIC KINGDOM Ptolemy I,323-282 BC |
| Item Description: |
AR Tetradrachm Ptolemaic Kingdom Alexander III/Athena As Satrap. c.311-305/4 BC |
| Full Grade: |
NGC Ch XF Strike: 5/5 Surface: 3/5 |
| Owner: |
goldsaint |
Owner Comments:
When Alexander died in 323 BC, Ptolemy is said to have instigated the resettlement of the empire made at Babylon. Through the Partition of Babylon, he was appointed satrap of Egypt, under the nominal kings Philip III Arrhidaeus and the infant Alexander IV; the former satrap, the Greek Cleomenes, stayed on as his deputy. Ptolemy quickly moved, without authorization, to subjugate Cyrenaica.