Live auction - bgr_692586 - PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON Quart de sicle d'argent
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| Estimate : | 250 € |
| Price : | 125 € |
| Maximum bid : | 125 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 April 2024 14:32:41 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Quart de sicle d'argent
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 10,5 mm
Weight : 1,51 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Carré creux bien venu à la frappe. Patine grise, tachée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Le Grand Roi barbu, en archer mélophore, à demi-agenouillé à droite, coiffé de la cidaris, surmontée de cinq dents, vêtu de la candys tirant à l’arc ; le carquois rempli de flèches suspendu à son épaule est bien visible ; ligne de sol.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux allongé, présentant des aspérités irrégulières en forme de chien courant.
Commentary
Monnaie fourrée. Ce type bien particulier donné comme un quart de sicle (poids théorique 1,32 g) était attribué par Babelon à Artaxerxès II Mnémon (405-359 avant J.-C.) tandis que David Sear et les auteurs du British Museum l’attribuent à Darius Ier (510-486 avant J.-C.) penchent pour un tiers de sicle (poids théorique 1,76 g). L’exemplaire reproduit dans le catalogue d’Ernest Babelon pèse 1,78 g. Dans son traité, le même Ernest Babelon (p. 61-62, n° 28) attribue une diobole (1,20 g) trouée, conservée à Paris à Artaxerxès III Ochus (359-338 avant J.-C.). Ce type de monnaie divisionnaire est en fait très rare.
Historical background
PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON
(405-359 BC)
Artaxerxes II Mnemon (who has memory) has the longest reign in Achaemenid history. He succeeds his father Darius II in 405 and must first fight against his half-brother, Cyrus the Younger who is finally eliminated after the retreat of the "ten thousand" immortalized by Xenophon. His reign marks the beginning of the long decline of the Persian Empire with the loss of Egypt. However, the great King held the role of arbiter between Athens and Sparta and recovered the cities of Asia Minor after the peace of Antalcidas in 386 BC. Artaxerxes saw the last twenty years of his reign darkened by sordid family histories and the widespread revolt of the Satraps of Asia Minor who obtained autonomy for their territories such as Mausole and his successors in Caria, Datames, Tiribaz and Mazaios in Cilicia. Artaxerxes dies in 359 BC leaving an open succession and an empire in crisis.
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