v59_0125 - PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON Quart de sicle d'argent
MONNAIES 59 (2013)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
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Maximum bid : 330.00 €
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 330.00 €
Type : Quart de sicle d'argent
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Weight : 1,29 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un petit flan globulaire. Joli droit, bien centré, pratiquement complet. Revers énigmatique. Recouvert d’une épaisse patine gris foncé avec des reflets dorés
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection du docteur Thierry de Craeker
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Le Grand Roi barbu, en archer mélophore, à demi-agenouillé à droite, coiffé de la cidaris, surmontée de cinq dents, vêtu de la candys tirant à l’arc ; le carquois rempli de flèches suspendu à son épaule est bien visible ; ligne de sol.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux allongé, présentant des aspérités irrégulières en forme de chien courant.
Commentary
Ce type bien particulier donné comme un quart de sicle (poids théorique 1,32 g) était attribué par Babelon à Artaxerxès II Mnémon (405-359 avant J.-C.) tandis que David Sear et les auteurs du British Museum l’attribuent à Darius Ier (510-486 avant J.-C.) penchent pour un tiers de sicle (poids théorique 1,76 g). L’exemplaire reproduit dans le catalogue d’Ernest Babelon pèse 1,78 g. Dans son traité, le même Ernest Babelon (p. 61-62, n° 28) attribue une diobole (1,20 g) trouée, conservée à Paris à Artaxerxès III Ochus (359-338 avant J.-C.). Ce type de monnaie divisionnaire est en fait très rare.
This very particular type given as a quarter of a shekel (theoretical weight 1.32 g) was attributed by Babelon to Artaxerxes II Mnemon (405-359 BC) while David Sear and the authors of the British Museum attribute it to Darius I (510-486 BC) lean towards a third of a shekel (theoretical weight 1.76 g). The copy reproduced in the catalog of Ernest Babelon weighs 1.78 g. In his treatise, the same Ernest Babelon (p. 61-62, n° 28) attributes a diobolus (1.20 g) with a hole, preserved in Paris to Artaxerxes III Ochus (359-338 BC). This type of fractional coin is in fact very rare
This very particular type given as a quarter of a shekel (theoretical weight 1.32 g) was attributed by Babelon to Artaxerxes II Mnemon (405-359 BC) while David Sear and the authors of the British Museum attribute it to Darius I (510-486 BC) lean towards a third of a shekel (theoretical weight 1.76 g). The copy reproduced in the catalog of Ernest Babelon weighs 1.78 g. In his treatise, the same Ernest Babelon (p. 61-62, n° 28) attributes a diobolus (1.20 g) with a hole, preserved in Paris to Artaxerxes III Ochus (359-338 BC). This type of fractional coin is in fact very rare
Historical background
PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON
(405-359 BC)
Artaxerxes II Mnemon (who has memory) has the longest reign in Achaemenid history. He succeeds his father Darius II in 405 and must first fight against his half-brother, Cyrus the Younger who is finally eliminated after the retreat of the "ten thousand" immortalized by Xenophon. His reign marks the beginning of the long decline of the Persian Empire with the loss of Egypt. However, the great King held the role of arbiter between Athens and Sparta and recovered the cities of Asia Minor after the peace of Antalcidas in 386 BC. Artaxerxes saw the last twenty years of his reign darkened by sordid family histories and the widespread revolt of the Satraps of Asia Minor who obtained autonomy for their territories such as Mausole and his successors in Caria, Datames, Tiribaz and Mazaios in Cilicia. Artaxerxes dies in 359 BC leaving an open succession and an empire in crisis.
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