Live auction - bgr_346512 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I Tétradrachme

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 October 2018 14:07:00

Type : Tétradrachme

Date: c. 476/475 - 460 AC.

Mint name / Town : Aigai, Macédoine

Metal : silver

Diameter : 25 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 11,07 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Usure importante, de même qualité que ceux représentés dans l’ouvrage de Raymond, mais parfaitement identifiable. Faiblesse de frappe au revers sur l’animal. Recouvert d’une épaisse patine grise de collection ancienne

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - P.821 - Delepierre- - ANS.24 - GC.1479 (2000£)

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 34, n° 106 et de e-MONNAIES 1, bgr_340725

Obverse

Obverse description : Cavalier macédonien passant à droite, coiffé de la kausia et de la chlamyde, tenant de la main droite deux javelines transversales.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Protomé de chèvre à droite dans une double carré linéaire.

Commentary

Poids très léger. Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 24, pl. 2). Cet exemplaire présente une cassure de coin au revers au niveau de la corne de l’animal. Frappé avec un coin rouillé au droit.

Historical background

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I

(495-454 BC)

Alexander I traced his lineage back to Caranos, one of the Heraclides. It is this mythical king who would have founded Aigia (Ægæ). Alexander is the son of Amyntas I who reigned at the end of the 6th century BC. Alexander I, considered a Philhellene, was an ally and tributary of the Persians. After the defeat of Salamis, Mardonius, satrap of Xerxes, charged him with negotiating peace with the Greeks. His mediation in Athens failed. Favorable to the Greeks, Alexander advised them of Mardonius' plans on the eve of the Battle of Plataea (479 AC.). He is the first Macedonian king who placed his name on coins after this battle and took advantage of the confusion arising from the Persian defeat to expand his kingdom. He moved the capital to Pydna. His son, Perdiccas II (454-413 AC.) succeeded him.