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Pharonic Kings of Egypt, Nektanebo II Æ15. 361-343 BC. Ram running left, head reverted / Scales. Weiser 1; Howgego pl. 9, 192; Weiser 1 (Nektanebo II); Butcher 11 (uncertain northern Syrian mint). 2.49g, 15mm, 12h.
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Nektanebo II was the third and last Pharaoh of the XXXth dynasty, as well as the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt. Placed in command of the Egyptian army in Syria during the Satrapal Revolt, he turned his troops against his own king and took Egypt by force. In 351-350 BC he repelled a Persian invasion but was driven from his throne in 344-343 BC by a second assault. He fled Egypt, found refuge in Ethiopia, and retained control of Upper Egypt for another few years.
While the attribution to Nektanebo is still followed by many, recent study has challenged this convention. For one, finds of the coins have been noted outside of Egypt. Secondly, the leaping ram imagery is very Antiochene in nature and Kevin Butcher, in Coinage of Roman Syria (2004), assigns them to an uncertain mint in Northern Syria, suggesting the 3rd century AD as possible date.
Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.
Nektanebo II was the third and last Pharaoh of the XXXth dynasty, as well as the last native ruler of Ancient Egypt. Placed in command of the Egyptian army in Syria during the Satrapal Revolt, he turned his troops against his own king and took Egypt by force. In 351-350 BC he repelled a Persian invasion but was driven from his throne in 344-343 BC by a second assault. He fled Egypt, found refuge in Ethiopia, and retained control of Upper Egypt for another few years.
While the attribution to Nektanebo is still followed by many, recent study has challenged this convention. For one, finds of the coins have been noted outside of Egypt. Secondly, the leaping ram imagery is very Antiochene in nature and Kevin Butcher, in Coinage of Roman Syria (2004), assigns them to an uncertain mint in Northern Syria, suggesting the 3rd century AD as possible date.