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Type : Unité
Date: c. 306/305 - 301/300 AC.
Mint name / Town : Thrace, Lysimachie
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,27 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Portrait agréable. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d’Apollon à droite, coiffée de la tainia.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier galopant à droite : au-dessous, protomé de lion bondissant à droite.
Reverse legend : FILIPPOU/ LU
Reverse translation : (de Philippe/ Lysimaque).
Commentary
Ce type est beaucoup plus rare pour Lysimaque avec les deux premières lettres de son nom et le protomé de lion caractéristique des premières émissions du Diadoque. Seulement cinq exemplaires dans le SNG. de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 997-1000, pl. 34).
This type is much rarer for Lysimachus with the first two letters of his name and the lion protome characteristic of the first issues of Diadochus. Only five examples in the SNG. of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 997-1000, pl. 34)
This type is much rarer for Lysimachus with the first two letters of his name and the lion protome characteristic of the first issues of Diadochus. Only five examples in the SNG. of the American Numismatic Society (ANS. 997-1000, pl. 34)
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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