v41_0055 - SICILY - SICULO-PUNIC - LILYBAION Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 550.00 €
Estimate : 950.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 325 AC.
Mint name / Town : Machanat (Le Camp), Lilybée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,87 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très épais, un peu court sur le buste au droit, bien centré au revers. Très beau portrait de Melqart. Frappe vigoureuse au revers avec un cheval de haut relief. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête de Melqart (Héraklès) imberbe à droite, coiffée de la léonté nouée sous le cou.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LETTRES PUNIQUES (MHSBM = MACHANAT) HORS CHAMP.
Reverse description : Tête et cou de cheval à gauche ; derrière un palmier.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire du SNG Cambridge (n° 1494) et que l’exemplaire du British Museum. On remarque au revers, plusieurs petites cassures de coin (cheveux) le long du cou du cheval ainsi que sur l’œil et l’arcade sourcilière. Sur cet exemplaire, les crocs de la léonté sont visibles.
Same dies as the SNG Cambridge example (no. 1494) and the British Museum example. On the reverse, we notice several small die breaks (hairs) along the horse's neck as well as on the eye and brow bone. On this example, the lion's fangs are visible.
Same dies as the SNG Cambridge example (no. 1494) and the British Museum example. On the reverse, we notice several small die breaks (hairs) along the horse's neck as well as on the eye and brow bone. On this example, the lion's fangs are visible.
Historical background
SICILY - SICULO-PUNIC - LILYBAION
(350-300 BC)
GK Jenkins, in the Revue Suisse de Numismatique, proposed the attribution to Lilybée for the Carthaginian series from Sicily to the legend of the camp (Machanat). The city was on the west coast of the island, not far from Motya and Eryx. The conflict between Carthaginians and Greeks and then Romans lasted more than three centuries. Carthage, the great metropolis of Tyrian origin, had been founded in 814 BC and its mythical queen, Dido, after having loved Aeneas, predicted the fierce hatred that Carthage and the new city that was to be founded by the Trojan in exile, Rome. The first major battle took place near Himera in 480 BC between the Greeks of Gelon and the Carthaginians. The western part of the island was often dominated by invaders. The second wave of invasions occurred after the disastrous Athenian operation of Alcibiades in 413 BC. A certain status quo was then established until the First Punic War (268-241 AC.) which saw the loss definitive of Sicily for the Carthaginians.
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