v43_0072 - MACEDONIA - CHALCIDIAN LEAGUE - OLYNTHUS Tetrobole
MONNAIES 43 (2010)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tetrobole
Date: 379-348 AC.
Mint name / Town : Olynthe
Metal : silver
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,48 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et court sur la légende au revers, mais de bon poids. Joli portrait avec les cheveux longs. Beau revers. Épaisse patine gris foncé de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cithare.
Reverse legend : [C-A-L/KID/EWN]
Reverse translation : (des Chalcidiens).
Commentary
Malgré la rareté de ce type, nous n’avons pas relevé de liaison de coin évidente. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Despite the rarity of this type, we did not observe any obvious corner connection. Seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Despite the rarity of this type, we did not observe any obvious corner connection. Seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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