bgr_1178483 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 228-190 BC
Mint name / Town : Illum (Troie), Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 35 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,70 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Joli revers, finement détaillé. Portrait agréable. Patine grise avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête divinisée 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 une petite Niké de la main droite qui couronne le nom de Lysimaque, le coude gauche reposant sur un bouclier orné d'un masque de lion ; une chouette dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// LUSIMACOU// (PAE)
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Commentary
Semble complètement inédit et non recensé avec ce monogramme associé à la chouette, épisème de cette région de Troade où se trouvent situées les cités d’Alexandrie et d’Illium (Troie).
Seems completely new and unrecorded with this monogram associated with the owl, episeme of this region of Troad where the cities of Alexandria and Illium (Troy) are located.
Seems completely new and unrecorded with this monogram associated with the owl, episeme of this region of Troad where the cities of Alexandria and Illium (Troy) are located.
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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