bgr_391968 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS MONOPHTALMUS Drachme
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Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2018)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 310-301 AC.
Mint name / Town : Abydos, Troade
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré, un peu court sur la légende au revers. Belle tête d’Héraklès au droit. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore, les jambes croisées, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; tête de Zeus Ammon cornue à droite ; feuille de vigne sous le trône.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU.
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
Commentary
Très beau style au droit.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - ANTIGONUS MONOPHTALMUS
(323-301 BC)
Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great type
After the death of Philip III in 316 BC, power was widely disputed between Olympias, mother of Alexander, Alexander IV and the Diadochi, in particular Cassander and Antigone. Antigone le Borgne appears on the political scene in 321 BC by crushing Eumenes, satrap of Cappadocia, who will be assassinated by Antigone in 316 BC. From the following year, Antigone enters into the fight against Seleucus, Ptolemy, Cassander and Lysimachus. Antigone occupied Syria and proclaimed the freedom of the Greek cities in 314 BC. Antigone and his son Demetrius were defeated in Gaza. A peace that excludes Seleucus is signed in 311 BC In 306, Demetrius wins the naval victory of Salamis in Cyprus. Antigone takes the title of King, imitated by the other Diadoques. Eventually Antigonus was defeated and killed at the Battle of Ipsos in 301 BC..
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