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bgr_605926 - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Cinquième de tétradrachme

THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Cinquième de tétradrachme XF/AU
380.00 €(Approx. 410.40$ | 326.80£)
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Type : Cinquième de tétradrachme
Date: c. 306-305 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lysimachia, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,37 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, centré des deux côtés. Métal taché. Joli revers de haut relief. Patine grise
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon à droite, coiffé de la tainia.

Reverse


Reverse description : Cavalier nu galopant ; sous le cheval, protomé de lion bondissant à droite ; à l’exergue un épi de blé couché à droite.
Reverse legend : L-U, (Lusimacia).
Reverse translation : (Lysimaque).

Commentary


Ce type monétaire est servilement copié ou emprunté au monnayage macédonien de Philippe II de Macédoine (359-336 avant J.-C.) père d’Alexandre le Grand et ami de Lysimaque.

Historical background


THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS

(323-281 BC)

Coinage in the name and type of Lysimachos and of the type fo Philip II of Macedonia

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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