bgr_329562 - CARIA - ALABANDA Tétradrachme

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Price : 2 200.00 €

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: 197- 190 AC.

Mint name / Town : Alabanda, Carie

Metal : silver

Diameter : 32 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 16,44 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan très large, parfaitement centré et complet des deux côtés. Beau portrait de haut relief. Revers de style fin avec une usure superficielle. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC.1 pl. I - GC.- - Cop.- - Aulock2283 - EKC.-

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de la vente de Versailles du 16 juin 2001

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; grènetis circulaire.

Reverse

Reverse description : Pégase volant à droite.

Reverse legend : ANTIOCEWN/ TIMOKLHS.

Reverse translation : (d’Antioche/ Timoclès).

Historical background

CARIA - ALABANDA

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

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.

CARIA - ALABANDA Unité XF

140.00 €

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