+ Filters
New Search
Filters
Available Exact wording Only in the title
E-shopLoading...
GradeLoading...
PriceLoading...

v41_0057 - SICILY - SICULO-PUNIC - LILYBAION Tétradrachme

SICILY - SICULO-PUNIC - LILYBAION Tétradrachme AU
MONNAIES 41 (2009)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 785.00 €
Number of bids : 4
Maximum bid : 946.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 325 AC.
Mint name / Town : Machanat (Le Camp), Lilybée
Metal : silver
Diameter : 24,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, bien centré des deux côtés, un peu court au revers sur la légende et le col du cheval. Portrait magnifique, bien venu à la frappe et de joli style. Petite tête de cheval. Très jolie patine de collection avec des reflets mordorés

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 British Museum provenant du SNG Llyod (n° 1646) venant lui-même du trésor de Cefalu (IGCH 2154) découvert en 1925 qui contenait 60 monnaies d’argent et aurait été enfoui vers 300 avant J.-C.

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.

cgb.fr uses cookies to guarantee a better user experience and to carry out statistics of visits.
To remove the banner, you must accept or refuse their use by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

x
Voulez-vous visiter notre site en Français https://www.cgb.fr