v09_0102 - CARIA - ALABANDA Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 9 (2000)
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 259.16 €
Starting price : 228.67 €
Estimate : 381.12 €
Realised price : 259.16 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: an 5
Mint name / Town : Alabanda, Carie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large et complet. Beau portrait / Bien centré. Usure régulière. Jolie patine
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient peut-être du trésor de Tell Kotchek (IGCH 1773)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, les jambes croisées, tenant un aigle de la main droite étendue et un sceptre long de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, Pégase prenant son envol.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ E
Commentary
Même coin de droit que l'exemplaire du British Museum (1163a) et mêmes coins que l'exemplaire du trésor de Tell Kotchek (441).
Same obverse die as the British Museum copy (1163a) and same dies as the Tell Kotchek treasure copy (441)
Same obverse die as the British Museum copy (1163a) and same dies as the Tell Kotchek treasure copy (441)
Historical background
CARIA - ALABANDA
(2nd century BC)
Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great type
Alabanda of Caria was placed on the Marsyas river which then flowed into the Meander about thirty kilometers away. Its inhabitants were renowned for their dissolute morals. During the war against Philip V of Macedon, Alabanda would have allied with Rome. After 197 BC, falling into the hands of Antiochus III the Great (223-187 AC), the city changed its name to Antioch of Caria. After the defeat of Magnesia in 189 BC and the Peace of Apamea the following year, the city regained its independence and its name. It is at this time that the coinage in the name of Alexander would have begun. In 168-167, the cities of the provinces of Caria and Lycia were declared free by the Senate of Rome to thank them for the help given in the fight against the king of Macedonia, Perseus.
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