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Item sold on our e-shop (2021)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 301-296 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lampsaque
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré. Belle tête d’Héraklès au droit. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un trône sans dossier,les jambes croisées, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un protomé de lion ; au-dessus, un protomé de Pégase à gauche ;une torche sous le bust.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LISIMACOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Commentary
Poids léger. Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent paraître les ouvrages généraux.
Lightweight. We have not found any relevant die identity. This type appears to be rarer than general works suggest.
Lightweight. We have not found any relevant die identity. This type appears to be rarer than general works suggest.
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS
(323-281 BC)
Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great type
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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