v57_0073 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER III THE GREAT Distatère d’or
MONNAIES 57 (2013)
Starting price : 7 500.00 €
Estimate : 15 000.00 €
Realised price : 7 500.00 €
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Maximum bid : 7 500.00 €
Starting price : 7 500.00 €
Estimate : 15 000.00 €
Realised price : 7 500.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 7 500.00 €
Type : Distatère d’or
Date: c. 323-323 AC.
Mint name / Town : Aegae, Macédoine,
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 17,19 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, parfaitement centré des deux côtés à l’usure superficielle avec une trace de monture ancienne sur la tranche. Beau portrait d’Athéna bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers de style fin. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection JMB
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête casquée d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à aigrette, orné d'un serpent ; les cheveux tombant sur la nuque en mèches torsadées et séparées.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké debout à gauche, les ailes déployées, tenant de la main droite une couronne et de la gauche la stylis ; dans le champ à gauche, une foudre vertical.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDR.U/ (Lo)
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
Commentary
Malgré la rareté du type nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente. Cependant, notre exemplaire est très proche de celui du British Museum, (MP. 191a, pl. I, provenant de la collection Cracherode en 1799). L’attribution à l’atelier d’Aegae, l’antique capitale du royaume de Macédoine est probable mais pas certaine. Précédemment ce type était attribué par Noe à l’atelier de Sicyone.
Despite the rarity of the type, we have not found any relevant die identity. However, our example is very close to that of the British Museum, (MP. 191a, pl. I, from the Cracherode collection in 1799). The attribution to the mint of Aegae, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Macedonia, is probable but not certain. Previously this type was attributed by Noah to the mint of Sicyon
Despite the rarity of the type, we have not found any relevant die identity. However, our example is very close to that of the British Museum, (MP. 191a, pl. I, from the Cracherode collection in 1799). The attribution to the mint of Aegae, the ancient capital of the kingdom of Macedonia, is probable but not certain. Previously this type was attributed by Noah to the mint of Sicyon
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER III THE GREAT
(336-323 BC)
Coinage in the name and Alexander III the Great type
Alexander III the Great is the son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias. He was born in 356 BC, when Philip's horses were triumphing at the Olympic Games. On the death of his father, who was assassinated in 336 BC, he became king of Macedonia at the age of twenty. He immediately crushes the Thebans and razes the city which had revolted. In 334 BC, he went to Asia and, after the victory of Granicus, set out to conquer the Achaemenid Empire, which would take him to Persepolis, then to the gates of India. Back in Babylon, in 325, he married Roxane who gave him a son. Two years later, he died without having completed his work, aged thirty-three..
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