v49_0163 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER V Unité, (PB, Æ 20)
MONNAIES 49 (2011)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
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Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Unité, (PB, Æ 20)
Date: c. 295 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Amphipolis
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 6,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait d’Héraklès. Joli revers de style fin. Patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Auctiones SA 6 (M&M), 1976, n° 120, du stock du Crédit de la Bourse (1993), de la collection Maurice Laffaille, n° 318 et de la vente Monnaies et Médailles 76, 1991, n° 318 (320 FS)
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès (Hercule) à droite, coiffée de la léonté nouée sous le cou.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier nu, la chlamyde flottant sur les épaules galopant à droite : sous les jambes du cheval, un kyrekeion (caducée) placé verticalement.
Reverse legend : ALE/ B-A
Commentary
Cet exemplaire est reproduit dans l’ouvrage de Pierre Strauss, Collection Maurice Laffaille. Monnaies grecques en bronze, p. 82, n° 318.
This copy is reproduced in the work of Pierre Strauss, Maurice Laffaille Collection. Greek Bronze Coins, p. 82, no. 318
This copy is reproduced in the work of Pierre Strauss, Maurice Laffaille Collection. Greek Bronze Coins, p. 82, no. 318
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ALEXANDER V
(297/296 - 295 BC)
Alexander is the son of Cassander and Thessaloniké. He is also the brother of Philippe IV and Antipater. Through his mother, he is also the nephew of Alexander III the Great. After the death of his older brother, the kingdom is shared between Alexander V and his brother Antipater. Antipater eliminates his mother who favored his brother. Alexander appeals to his powerful neighbors Pyrrhus and Demetrius Poliorcetes. Pyrrhus easily gets rid of Antipater. Alexander V and Demetrius come into conflict and finally Alexander V is assassinated in 294 BC in Larissa.
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