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Live auction - bgr_457789 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERSEUS Tétradrachme

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERSEUS Tétradrachme AU
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Estimate : 2 500 €
Price : 1 650 €
Maximum bid : 1 650 €
End of the sale : 12 December 2017 14:10:31
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 179-172 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,89 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle tête de Persée. Joli revers de style fin, bien venu à la frappe. Très jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête diadémée de Persée à droite.

Reverse


Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite sur un foudre, les ailes déployées ; le tout entouré d'une couronne de chêne ; à l'exergue, une étoile à huit rais.
Reverse legend : BASI-LEWS// PER-SEWS/ (IW)/ X/ (DI).
Reverse translation : (du roi Persée).

Commentary


Ce type de tétradrachme, d’étalon attique est beaucoup plus rare que les tétradrachmes d’étalon rhodien. Dans le trésor macédonien de 1990, enfoui vers 170 avant J.-C. et qui aurait contenu une vingtaine de tétradrachmes, il y avait quatorze pièces lourdes pour dix variétés, mais aucune de notre type.

Historical background


MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERSEUS

(179-168 BC)

Perseus, the eldest son of Philip V (221-179 AC.), succeeded his father and was the last king of Macedonia. After a promising start to his reign, Perseus came into conflict with the Romans, who, since the battle of Cynoscephali in 197 BC, had controlled Greece. The conflict with the Macedonians was brief, but violent. The Romans invaded Macedonia and crushed Perseus at the double battle of Pydna in 168 BC. Defeated by Paul-Émile, Perseus was taken to Rome with his two sons, participated in the Triumph of his conqueror and died two years later captive in Italy (see denier de la gens Æmilia n°10, minted in 62 BC and which commemorates this event).

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