v18_0054 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - SEUTHES III Bronze

THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - SEUTHES III Bronze MS

MONNAIES 18 (2003)
Starting price : 250.00 €
Estimate : 500.00 €
Realised price : 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 308.00 €

Type : Bronze

Date: c. 316-313 AC.

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 16,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,99 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage. Avec une magnifique patine vert jade clair. Revers parfaitement centré

Catalogue references :

BMC.- - B. traité1319 pl. 321/19 et 20 - GC.- - Cop.1168 var.

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Aigle debout à droite, les ailes fermées.

Reverse

Reverse legend : LÉGENDE EN DEUX LIGNES.

Reverse description : Couronne fermée, terminée par deux épis de blé.

Reverse legend : SEU/QOU.

Commentary

Semble être de mêmes coins que les exemplaires du Cabinet des médailles de Paris, mais la qualité des photos et des exemplaires ne permet pas de trancher.

Historical background

THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - SEUTHES III

(c. 325-313 BC)

Seuthès III seems to have been the brother of Cotys. He is mentioned in an inscription which establishes an alliance between Athens and this character in 331 BC. King of part of Thrace, he seems to have been a tributary of the kingdom of Macedonia at the time of Alexander III the Great (336-323 BC). After the death in 325 BC of Zopyrion, governor of Thrace against the Getae, Seuthes III seems to have revolted against the Macedonian yoke. It was Antipater who forced him to submit. He seems to have repeated it in 323 BC after the death of the conqueror, this time fighting against Lysimachus, the new governor of Thrace. Seuthès submitted again, which did not prevent him from revolting again around 313 BC and joining forces with Antigone le Borgne against his powerful neighbour. Defeated by Lysimachus, he then seems to disappear from the political scene.