v34_0134 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERSEUS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 680.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 680.00 €
Starting price : 680.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 680.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 171-168 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Amphipolis
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,05 g.
Rarity : R2
Emission: 5e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait bien venu à la frappe. Joli revers. Magnifique patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets bleutés acier et dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente du Crédit de la Bourse du 23 mai 1996, n° 42
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Persée à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre, les ailes déployées ; le tout entouré d'une couronne de chêne ; à l'exergue, une araire.
Reverse legend : BASI-LEWS// PER-SEWS// (KI)/ (AU)/ (AW)
Reverse translation : (du roi Persée).
Commentary
Ce type est beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux et que M. J. Price a mis en lumière grâce au trésor de Larissa (IGCH. 237) plus connu sous le nom de Sitichoro et qui aurait contenu entre 2.000 et 3.000 monnaies d’argent et qui aurait été enfoui vers 168-167 avant J.-C. juste après la défaite de Pydna.
This type is much rarer than general works suggest and which MJ Price has brought to light thanks to the treasure of Larissa (IGCH. 237) better known under the name of Sitichoro and which would have contained between 2,000 and 3,000 silver coins and which would have been buried around 168-167 BC just after the defeat of Pydna
This type is much rarer than general works suggest and which MJ Price has brought to light thanks to the treasure of Larissa (IGCH. 237) better known under the name of Sitichoro and which would have contained between 2,000 and 3,000 silver coins and which would have been buried around 168-167 BC just after the defeat of Pydna
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERSEUS
(179-168 BC)
Perseus, the eldest son of Philip V (221-179 AC.), succeeded his father and was the last king of Macedonia. After a promising start to his reign, Perseus came into conflict with the Romans, who, since the battle of Cynoscephali in 197 BC, had controlled Greece. The conflict with the Macedonians was brief, but violent. The Romans invaded Macedonia and crushed Perseus at the double battle of Pydna in 168 BC. Defeated by Paul-Émile, Perseus was taken to Rome with his two sons, participated in the Triumph of his conqueror and died two years later captive in Italy (see denier de la gens Æmilia n°10, minted in 62 BC and which commemorates this event).
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