bgr_686711 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER Tétradrachme
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Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 318-317 AC
Mint name / Town : Aké-Ptolémais,Phénicie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 16,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Très joli portrait d’Héraklès. Patine grise de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, les jambes croisées, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, une date araméenne.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU.
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
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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