v11_0079 - MACEDONIA - CHALCIDIAN LEAGUE - OLYNTHUS Tétrobole
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 152.45 €
Estimate : 289.65 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétrobole
Date: 420-392 AC.
Mint name / Town : Olynthe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 2,23 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan légèrement décentré au droit. Joli revers
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire vient de la vente Grün 29, n° 230
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cithare.
Reverse legend : C-A-L/ KID/ EWN
Commentary
Trace de début de cassure de coin visible sur le front.
Trace of the beginning of a corner break visible on the front
Trace of the beginning of a corner break visible on the front
Historical background
MACEDONIA - CHALCIDIAN LEAGUE - OLYNTHUS
(432-348 BC)
In 433 BC, Perdiccas II, King of Macedonia raised Olynthe and made it the capital of what was to become the Chalcidic League in order to thwart the aims of Athens in the region. Brasidas at the head of the Lacedaemonian fleet rallied the region against the hegemony of Athens, after the defection of Amphipolis. The Peace of Nicias in 421 BC guaranteed the freedom of the cities of Chalkidiki, including Olynthus, which then experienced an intense period of economic development. Olynthe fell under Spartan domination in 379 BC. The city had to face the Macedonian ambitions of Philip II. Olynthus was taken and destroyed by Philip II in 347 BC and its population enslaved.
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