E-auction 591-551726 - bgr_923050 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER Unité
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| Estimate : | 100 € |
| Price : | 84 € |
| Maximum bid : | 100 € |
| End of the sale : | 12 August 2024 14:02:40 |
| bidders : | 11 bidders |
Type : Unité
Date: c. 304-297 AC.
Mint name / Town : Philippi, Macédoine
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 6,30 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré. Joli revers. Portrait agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête laurée d’Apollon à droite, les cheveux longs tombant sur la nuque ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse
Reverse description : Trépied delphien richement ornementé .
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ KASSANDROU/ (DE) - (NK)
Reverse translation : (du roi Cassandre).
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - CASSANDER
(319-297 BC)
Coinage in the name of Alexander III the Great 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 assumed 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 and it was his son Antigone Gonatas who finally succeeded him in 283 BC on the death of Demetrius Poliorcetes.
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