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v19_0136 - CYRENAICA - CYRENE - SATRAP PTOLEMY Statère d’or décalitre

CYRENAICA - CYRENE - SATRAP PTOLEMY Statère d’or décalitre AU
MONNAIES 19 (2004)
Starting price : 1 250.00 €
Estimate : 2 500.00 €
Realised price : 1 250.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 1 505.00 €
Type : Statère d’or décalitre
Date: c. 322-313 AC
Mint name / Town : Cyrène
Metal : gold
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 8,60 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan large et complet des deux côtés. Frappe légèrement tréflée au revers, mais exemplaire de haut relief. Traces de monture visibles au droit
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Quadrige au pas passant à gauche, conduit par un aurige, vêtu du chiton, tenant le kentron de la main droite.
Obverse legend : KURANAI-ON

Reverse


Reverse description : Zeus Ammon aétophore, trônant à droite, appuyé sur le dossier de son siège, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, les jambes croisées, les pieds reposant sur une marche ; dans le champ à gauche, un thymaiterion.
Reverse legend : CAIROS

Historical background


CYRENAICA - CYRENE - SATRAP PTOLEMY

(323-306 BC)

Cyrene, a port city located in Cyrenaica, was founded by Dorian settlers from the island of Thera around 630 BC. They were headed by Battus, the mythical ancestor of the Battides who reigned over Cyrene for two centuries. The city was famous for the cultivation and harvesting of silphium, one of the most sought-after medicinal plants of antiquity, now extinct. The city, although independent, was in Egyptian orbit. When Alexander captured Egypt in 332/331 BC, he signed a peace treaty with Cyrene guaranteeing him relative autonomy. After the death of the conqueror, the region of Cyrene fell under Lagid rule. In 322 BC, the Cyreneans appealed to Ptolemy to rid them of the tyrant Tibron. The satrap sent his general Ophellas who conquered the country, put the tyrant to death and installed himself as a strategist in Cyrene. Ophellas was in turn overthrown in 313 BC. Ptolemy recovered Cyrene in 308 BC and installed his son-in-law Magas there (308-277 AC.).

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