v32_0019 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 32 (2007)
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 850.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 001.00 €
Starting price : 750.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 850.00 €
Number of bids : 2
Maximum bid : 1 001.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 280-250 AC.
Mint name / Town : Byzance
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,89 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Portrait de toute beauté, bien venu à la frappe. Frappe légèrement molle au revers. Patine grise avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Argenor du 3 mai 2006, n° 47
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 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 ; le trône est orné d’un rinceau.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU/ DI, (Bsilews Lusimacou)
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de Meydancikkale (Gülnar II, n° 2696, pl. 80) et que l’exemplaire du “Hoard from Mesopotomia”, MN. 13, 1967, p. 46, n° 23, pl. XV) et même coin de droit que l’exemplaire du trésor de Meydancikkale (Gülnar II, n° 2697, pl. 80, monogramme AP). L’exemplaire du trésor de Mésopotamie est daté par G. K. Jenkins vers 250 avant J.-C. L’association de plusieurs coins de revers couplés à un coin de droit, semble démontrer que les émissions sont courtes.
Same dies as the Meydancikkale copy (Gülnar II, no. 2696, pl. 80) and the copy from the “Hoard from Mesopotomia”, MN. 13, 1967, p. 46, no. 23, pl. XV) and same obverse die as the copy from the Meydancikkale hoard (Gülnar II, no. 2697, pl. 80, monogram AP). The copy from the Mesopotamia hoard is dated by G.K. Jenkins to around 250 BC. The combination of several reverse dies coupled with an obverse die seems to demonstrate that the issues are short
Same dies as the Meydancikkale copy (Gülnar II, no. 2696, pl. 80) and the copy from the “Hoard from Mesopotomia”, MN. 13, 1967, p. 46, no. 23, pl. XV) and same obverse die as the copy from the Meydancikkale hoard (Gülnar II, no. 2697, pl. 80, monogram AP). The copy from the Mesopotamia hoard is dated by G.K. Jenkins to around 250 BC. The combination of several reverse dies coupled with an obverse die seems to demonstrate that the issues are short
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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