v34_0264 - BABYLONIA - BABYLON Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 328-323 AC.
Mint name / Town : Babylone
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 16,20 g.
Rarity : R1
Emission: 7e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais. Frappé avec un coin rouillé au droit. Joli revers, légèrement décentré. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés et acier
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Baaltars assis à gauche, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, les jambes croisées, tenant un sceptre long de la main droite ; symbole devant le buste.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : G
Commentary
Cassure de coin visible dans le grènetis au droit. Symbole à peine visible dans le champ au droit (feuille de lierre ?). Lion de très joli style.
Corner break visible in the graining on the right. Symbol barely visible in the field on the right (ivy leaf?). Very nice style lion
Corner break visible in the graining on the right. Symbol barely visible in the field on the right (ivy leaf?). Very nice style lion
Historical background
BABYLONIA - BABYLON
(331-306 BC)
Alexander III seized Babylon in 331 BC. He then named Mazaios, a former satrap of Cilicia between 361 and 334 BC, who had rallied to the conqueror, as satrap of Babylonia. Mazaios died in 328 BC and was then replaced by Stamenes between 328 and 323 BC, then by Archon between 323 and 321 BC. Seleucus became a satrap from 321 BC. When the latter was expelled from Babylon, he was replaced by Peithon in the name of Antigone le Borgne between 317 and 311 BC. 306 BC and founded the Seleucid dynasty. He is the last survivor of Alexander's lieutenants. He was assassinated in 280 BC..
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