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bgr_407471 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Drachme

THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Drachme AU/AU
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530.00  €
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 299/298 - 297/296 AC.
Mint name / Town : Colophon, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec le grènetis visible au droit. Très belle tête d’Héraklès au droit. Usure superficielle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
MP.L28 p. 258 - M.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté nouée sous le cou ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse

Reverse description : Zeus aétophore les jambes croisées, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, 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 tourné à gauche au-dessus d’un croissant ; un pentagramme sous le trône.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU.
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).

Commentary

Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background

THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS

(323-281 BC)

Monnayage au nom et au type de Lysimaque and of the type of Alexander III the Great

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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