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v34_0263 - PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM Darique d'or

PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM Darique d or VF
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Darique d'or
Date: c. 450-330 AC
Mint name / Town : Lydie, Sardes ?
Metal : gold
Diameter : 14 mm
Weight : 8,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court et irrégulier , mais bon poids
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES V, n° 105

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Archer barbu (Le Grand Roi) courant à droite, couronné, tenant une lance de la main droite et un arc de la gauche.

Reverse


Reverse description : Carré creux informe.

Commentary


Ce type de darique est souvent usé et a circulé souvent pendant plus d’un siècle. C’est le premier multiple en or frappé en quantité très importante. Au revers, le carré creux pourrait prendre la forme d’un animal (tête de lion à gauche, la gueule ouverte, cf. E. Babelon, Perses Achéménides, pl. I, n° 10 pour un sicle).
This type of daric is often worn and circulated frequently for over a century. It is the first gold multiple struck in very large quantities. On the reverse, the hollow square could take the form of an animal (lion's head to the left, mouth open, cf. E. Babelon, Perses Achéménides, pl. I, n° 10 for a shekel)

Historical background


PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM

(5th - 4th century BC)

The Achaemenid dynasty will last two centuries (559-330 AC.) and mark Asia Minor for a long time. Cyrus, the founder, seizes Babylon and Lydia from Croesus. His son Cambyses conquered Egypt in 525 BC. Darius I succeeded him (521-486 AC.) and began the Persian Wars against rebellious Asia Minor, then against Athens, which had supported the insurgents. He was defeated at Marathon in 490 AC. His son Xerxes (486-465 AC.) continued his policy, but was crushed at Salamis and Plataea. It is the end of the Persian hegemonic dream. The dynasty died out with Darius III Codoman (339-330 AC.) who was defeated by Alexander who, for three centuries, imposed Hellenism as far away as India.

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