Live auction - bgr_1051146 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER III THE GREAT Statère d'or
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| Estimate : | 5 500 € |
| Price : | 3 800 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 23 September 2025 14:07:06 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Statère d'or
Date: c. 325-323 AC.
Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Méandre, Ionie
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,47 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Athéna, bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente NAC, 30 septembre 2024, n° 253
Avec son certificat d'exportation de bien culturel n°254216 délivré par le ministère français de la Culture
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 mêlées.
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 tête de bélier de face et un monogramme.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que les exemplaires n° 1918 et 1920 de l’ouvrage de M. Price, pl. VII, mais pour le n°1920, le monogramme a été rajouté sur le coin original.
Same corners as examples No. 1918 and 1920 of Mr. Price's work, pl. VII, but for No. 1920, the monogram has been added to the original corner
Same corners as examples No. 1918 and 1920 of Mr. Price's work, pl. VII, but for No. 1920, the monogram has been added to the original corner
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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