v34_0106 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 1 100.00 €
Estimate : 2 200.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 1 100.00 €
Estimate : 2 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 476/5-460 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Aigai ?
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,99 g.
Rarity : R3
Emission: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, de même qualité que ceux représentés dans l’ouvrage de Raymond, mais parfaitement identifiable. Faiblesse de frappe au revers sur l’animal. Recouvert d’une épaisse patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier macédonien passant à droite, coiffé de la kausia et de la chlamyde, tenant de la main droite deux javelines transversales.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Protomé de chèvre à droite dans une double carré linéaire.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 24, pl. 2). Cet exemplaire présente une cassure de coin au revers au niveau de la corne de l’animal. Frappé avec un coin rouillé au droit.
Very light weight. Same dies as the example in the American Numismatic Society collection (ANS. 24, pl. 2). This example has a die break on the reverse at the animal's horn. Struck with a rusty die on the obverse
Very light weight. Same dies as the example in the American Numismatic Society collection (ANS. 24, pl. 2). This example has a die break on the reverse at the animal's horn. Struck with a rusty die on the obverse
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I
(495-454 BC)
Alexander I traced his lineage back to Caranos, one of the Heraclides. It is this mythical king who would have founded Aigia (Ægæ). Alexander is the son of Amyntas I who reigned at the end of the 6th century BC. Alexander I, considered a Philhellene, was an ally and tributary of the Persians. After the defeat of Salamis, Mardonius, satrap of Xerxes, charged him with negotiating peace with the Greeks. His mediation in Athens failed. Favorable to the Greeks, Alexander advised them of Mardonius' plans on the eve of the Battle of Plataea (479 AC.). He is the first Macedonian king who placed his name on coins after this battle and took advantage of the confusion arising from the Persian defeat to expand his kingdom. He moved the capital to Pydna. His son, Perdiccas II (454-413 AC.) succeeded him.
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