Live auction - bgr_1093564 - MACEDONIA - KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA - PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 130 € |
| Maximum bid : | 150 € |
| End of the sale : | 10 February 2026 14:04:57 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 323-317 AC
Mint name / Town : Babylone, Babylonie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 1 h.
Weight : 3,62 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie bien centrée. Très beau portrait d’Héraklès, bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection André Ronde
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre sous les traits d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore trônant à gauche, les jambes croisées sur un siège sans dossier, tenant un aigle de la main droite et un sceptre long de la gauche ; un monogramme dans le champ à gauche et un autre sous le trône.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/ M / (LU)
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
Commentary
Poids léger. Normalement sur cette drachme nous devrions trouver le titre Basileos qui est ici absent. Aurions-nous affaire à une nouvelle émission ?.
Lightweight. Normally, this drachma would bear the title Basileos, which is absent here. Could this be a new issue?
Lightweight. Normally, this drachma would bear the title Basileos, which is absent here. Could this be a new issue?
Historical background
MACEDONIA - KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA - PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS
(323-316 BC)
Coinage in the name and Alexander III the Great type
Philip, son of Philip II and the half-brother of Alexander, was not entirely in his right mind. On the death of the conqueror and faced with the lack of power, in order to maintain the fiction of the unity of the Empire, he was proclaimed king, but in fact he had no power. He was assassinated at the instigation of Olympias, Alexander's mother, in 316 BC.
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