Live auction - bgr_394095 - MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Tétradrachme

MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS Tétradrachme AU

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Estimate :	950 €
Price :	620 €
Maximum bid :	620 €
End of the sale :	28 June 2016 14:24:50
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 280-270 AC.

Mint name / Town : Cyzique, Mysie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 31,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 17,00 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan très large, légèrement décentré au droit. Très beau portrait particulier de Lysimaque. Revers de style fin. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

M.- - Th. Armenak911 - Gülnar 2/2717 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre le Grand sous les traits de Zeus-Ammon, cornu et diadémé à droite.

Reverse

Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore assise à gauche sur un trône, tenant une petite Niké de la main droite qui couronne le nom de Lysimaque et le coude gauche reposant sur un bouclier orné d'un masque de lion ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme, un second à l’exergue.

Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU/ (R)/ (PL).

Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).

Commentary

Même coin de droit que les trois exemplaires du trésor de Meydancikkale (Gülnar n° 2716-2718, pl. 81). Une cassure de coin est bien visible sous le cou dans le champ.

Historical background

MYSIA – KYZIKOS / CYZICUS

(3rd century BC)

Coinage in the name of Lysimachus type

Cyzicus, a colony of Miletus founded in the 8th century BC, is placed on the Propontis on the island of Arktonnesos. Its political and economic situation was preponderant between Pont-Euxin and the Aegean Sea by controlling the Propontis at the outlet of the Hellespont. Coinage began at the end of the 7th century BC. An important coinage of electrum was minted between 600 and 330 BC with the tuna as its symbol. The coinage with the portrait of Koré began around 390 BC and ended with the arrival of Alexander the Great in Asia Minor. The city was supposed to be the place where Persephone was abducted by Hades. The lion on the reverse was to be dedicated to Apollo, considered the father of the city's founder. The city in Roman times prospered economically and experienced a remarkable architectural extension.