v24_0054 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme
MONNAIES 24 (2005)
Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €
Starting price : 275.00 €
Estimate : 380.00 €
Realised price : 275.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace ou Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet des deux côtés, à l’usure conséquente, mais régulière. Belle expression du portrait
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : A SOUS LE BUSTE.
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 un 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 ; dans le champ à gauche, un monogramme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS// LUSIMCOU// AE
Commentary
Poids léger. Trace de cassure de coin, visible au revers le long de la légende devant le nom de Lysimaque. Notre exemplaire présente un monogramme (AE) qui se rencontre aussi pour Alexandre III le Grand dans un atelier incertain de Phénicie ou de Syrie (MP. 3565), frappé entre 323 et 317 avant J.-C. Notre exemplaire ne peut appartenir à une série similaire et doit avoir été frappé en Thrace ou en Macédoine. Au revers, l’ornement du trône semble former un thêta qui n’est pas sans rappeler celui de l’atelier de Lysimacheia en Thrace.
Light weight. Trace of die breakage, visible on the reverse along the legend in front of the name of Lysimachus. Our example has a monogram (AE) which is also found for Alexander III the Great in an uncertain mint in Phoenicia or Syria (MP. 3565), struck between 323 and 317 BC. Our example cannot belong to a similar series and must have been struck in Thrace or Macedonia. On the reverse, the throne ornament seems to form a theta which is reminiscent of that of the Lysimacheia mint in Thrace
Light weight. Trace of die breakage, visible on the reverse along the legend in front of the name of Lysimachus. Our example has a monogram (AE) which is also found for Alexander III the Great in an uncertain mint in Phoenicia or Syria (MP. 3565), struck between 323 and 317 BC. Our example cannot belong to a similar series and must have been struck in Thrace or Macedonia. On the reverse, the throne ornament seems to form a theta which is reminiscent of that of the Lysimacheia mint in Thrace
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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