v19_0046 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 400.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 473.00 €
Starting price : 300.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 400.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 473.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Troade, Alexandrie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,26 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan légèrement ovale. Usure régulière. Patine de collection ancienne. Frappe un peu molle au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre le Grand sous les traits de Zeus-Ammon, cornu et diadémé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore assise à gauche sur un trône, tenant un petite Niké de la main droite qui couronne le nom de Lysimaque et le coude gauche reposant sur un bouclier orné d'un masque de lion ; dans le champ à gauche, une massue posée verticalement ; à l’exergue, un goryte (carquois) avec son arc, placé horizontalement.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// LUSIMCOU// SPW/ QE
Commentary
Les deux monogrammes du revers se retrouvent sur plusieurs tétradrachmes de différents ateliers dont Éphèse, Clazomène ou Alexandrie de Troade. La combinaison des deux différents n’était signalée que par Muller (n° 312) pour un statère d’or classé dans les incertaines de Thrace. Ce monnayage pourrait être posthume et appartient plutôt à un atelier d’Asie Mineure.
The two monograms on the reverse are found on several tetradrachms from different mints, including Ephesus, Clazomena, and Alexandria Troas. The combination of the two different ones was only noted by Muller (no. 312) for a gold stater classified as uncertain from Thrace. This coinage could be posthumous and rather belongs to a mint in Asia Minor.
The two monograms on the reverse are found on several tetradrachms from different mints, including Ephesus, Clazomena, and Alexandria Troas. The combination of the two different ones was only noted by Muller (no. 312) for a gold stater classified as uncertain from Thrace. This coinage could be posthumous and rather belongs to a mint in Asia Minor.
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS
(323-301-281 BC)
Coinage in the name and type of Lysimachos
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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