bgr_237793 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 380.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Troade, Ténédos
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,16 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Portrait énigmatique et particulier, de très joli style. Frappe molle au revers avec un symbole inhabituel. Une fine patine grise avec des reflets dorés recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
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 et le coude gauche reposant sur un bouclier orné d'un masque de lion ; Bipenne posée sur deux colonnettes reposant sur un base.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas relevé d’identité de coin pertinente. Portrait idéalisé et énigmatique. Symbole qui semble inédit. Notre exemplaire est néanmoins proche de celui du trésor de Meydancikkale (Gülnar II, n° 2726, pl. 81). Dans la collection Gulbekian, ce type est attribué à l’atelier de Ténédos.
We have not found any relevant die identity. Idealized and enigmatic portrait. Symbol that seems unprecedented. Our example is nevertheless close to that of the Meydancikkale treasure (Gülnar II, no. 2726, pl. 81). In the Gulbekian collection, this type is attributed to the Tenedos mint.
We have not found any relevant die identity. Idealized and enigmatic portrait. Symbol that seems unprecedented. Our example is nevertheless close to that of the Meydancikkale treasure (Gülnar II, no. 2726, pl. 81). In the Gulbekian collection, this type is attributed to the Tenedos mint.
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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