Live auction - bgr_409785 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER Tétradrachme
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 750 € |
| Maximum bid : | 770 € |
| End of the sale : | 13 December 2016 14:08:32 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 315/314 - 295/294 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 11,98 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Très belle tête de Zeus, légèrement stylisée avec un petit plat sur le sourcil. Joli revers. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cette pièce a été acquise en 1987 et provient de la vente NF, Cologne du 3 avril 1987
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée de Zeus à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Cavalier au pas à droite, tenant une palme de la main droite ; le cheval lève l'antérieur à droite ; sous le cheval, une torche allumée.
Reverse legend : FILIP-POU/ L/ (Ko).
Reverse translation : (de Philippe).
Commentary
Poids léger. Peut-être une imitation celtique pour les Celtes du Danube.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER
(319-297 BC)
Coinage in the name of Philipp II of Macedonia type
Cassander, the first of the epigones, succeeded his father, Antipater, in 319 BC. He allied himself in 315 with Seleucus, Ptolemy and Lysimachus to fight Antigone and Demetrius. In 311 BC, he killed Roxane and Alexander IV. In 305 BC, he took the title of King. Cassander triumphed over Antigone at Ipsos where the latter died. He was killed in 297 BC with his son Philip IV. After the death of Demetrius Poloircète in 283 BC, it was his son Antigone Gonatas who ascended the throne of Macedonia.
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