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Live auction - bgr_787271 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER Tétradrachme

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER Tétradrachme AU/AU
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Estimate : 980 €
Price : 4 100 €
Maximum bid : 4 100 €
End of the sale : 05 December 2023 14:09:45
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: 315-294 AC.
Mint name / Town : Amphipolis, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête de Zeus. Revers de style fin. Magnifique patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de e-MONNAIES 1, bgr_340726 Avec son certificat d’exportation n°240847 délivré par le Ministère français de la Culture

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, entre les antérieurs, une abeille.
Reverse legend : FILIP-POU/ (AN).

Commentary


Au revers, le cavalier est stylisé.

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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