MONNAIES 45 (2010)
Starting price : 320.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 320.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 323-320 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Amphipolis
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 17,03 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Héraklès. Joli revers de style fin. Flan légèrement taché
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore, les jambes parallèles, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre de la main gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, statuette d’Athéna Promachos.
Reverse legend : ALEXAND-R-OU BASILEWS
Reverse translation : (du roi Alexandre).
Commentary
La légende au revers est plutôt inhabituelle et n’est pas forcément distinguée par M. Price dans son corpus. Normalement, le titre de basileos est devant le nom du roi, la tête de Zeus coupant la légende. Sur notre exemplaire, la légende est continue, sans césure et vient se placer au-dessus du sujet, suivant le contour du flan. Le symbole (Athéna Promachos) est bien visible.
The legend on the reverse is rather unusual and is not necessarily distinguished by Mr. Price in his corpus. Normally, the title of basileos is before the name of the king, the head of Zeus cutting the legend. In our example, the legend is continuous, without caesura and is placed above the subject, following the contour of the flan. The symbol (Athena Promachos) is clearly visible
The legend on the reverse is rather unusual and is not necessarily distinguished by Mr. Price in his corpus. Normally, the title of basileos is before the name of the king, the head of Zeus cutting the legend. In our example, the legend is continuous, without caesura and is placed above the subject, following the contour of the flan. The symbol (Athena Promachos) is clearly visible
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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