E-auction 132-72880 - bgr_367898 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER I Tétrobole

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Estimate :	225 €
Price :	180 €
Maximum bid :	180 €
End of the sale :	26 October 2015 14:01:00
bidders :	11 bidders

Type : Tétrobole

Date: c. 476/5-460 AC.

Mint name / Town : Aigai, Macédoine

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15 mm

Orientation dies : 3 h.

Weight : 1,88 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit. Frappe molle au revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés

Catalogue references :

BMC.14 - Cop.- - Delepierre- - ANS.- - GC.1484 (200£)

Obverse

Obverse legend : H.

Obverse description : Cheval libre passant à droite, levant l'antérieur gauche ; A au-dessus de l'équidé.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Casque macédonien avec aigrette dans un carré linéaire ; le tout, dans un carré creux.

Commentary

Étalon léger. Poids léger. Ce type avec la lettre H au-dessus du cheval semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

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.