MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 180.00 €
Estimate : 250.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 301-297 AC.
Mint name / Town : Troade, Abydos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,07 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, un peu court sur la légende au revers, légèrement décentré au droit sur la léonté. Beau portrait. Joli revers, symboles (protomé de lion et tête de griffon). Une fine patine grise recouvre l’exemplaire
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore les jambes croisées, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un protomé de lion tourné à gauche et un monogramme au-dessous ; tête de griffon à gauche sous le trône.
Reverse legend : BASILEW[S]/ LUSIMAC[OU]
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaires du trésor de Meydancikkale (Gülnar II, n° 2618 à 2620, pl. 76). Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Same obverse die as the examples from the Meydancikkale treasure (Gülnar II, nos. 2618 to 2620, pl. 76). This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Same obverse die as the examples from the Meydancikkale treasure (Gülnar II, nos. 2618 to 2620, pl. 76). This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS
(323-281 BC)
Monnayage au nom et au type de Lysimaque and of the type of Alexander III the Great
Lysimachus (c. 360-281 BC) was one of Alexander's leading generals. After the death of the brilliant conqueror on June 14, 323 BC, a fratricidal fight opposed the Diadochi, his successors. Lysimachus, initially favorable to the survival of the Empire, supports Antipater before becoming independent in 315 before J. - C., receiving the administration of Thrace. In 306 BC, after the naval battle of Salamis in Cyprus, Lysimachus, imitating Antigonus the One-eyed, his irreducible enemy, took the title of king (Basileos), both followed by Demetrius, Ptolemy, Seleucus and Cassander. Allied with Ptolémée, they crush Antigone which dies with the battle of Ipsos in 301 before J. - C. It is the birth of the kingdom of Thrace and the beginning of the personal coinage of Lysimaque. He must fight against Demetrius in Macedonia and Thrace. After 288 BC, he remained the most powerful of the reigning monarchs over Europe and Asia Minor. Lysimachus, aged 80, was killed at the Battle of Couroupédion in 281 BC..
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