Live auction - bgr_514093 - PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM Darique d'or
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| Estimate : | 3 200 € |
| Price : | 1 900 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 900 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 14:30:19 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Darique d'or
Date: c. 465-425 AC
Mint name / Town : Lydie, Sardes ?
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 970 ‰
Diameter : 17 mm
Weight : 8,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan oblong irrégulier. Droit bien venu à la frappe. Revers profondément gravé. Jolie patine de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Archer barbu (Le Grand Roi) à demi agenouillé courant à droite, couronné (cidaris), tenant une lance de la main droite et un arc de la gauche ; un carquois rempli de flèches sur l’épaule ; ligne d’exergue.
Reverse
Reverse description : Carré creux informe.
Commentary
Ce type de darique est souvent usé et a circulé pendant plus d’un siècle. C’est le premier multiple en or frappé en quantité très importante. Au revers, le carré creux pourrait prendre la forme d’un animal (tête de lion à droite, la gueule ouverte, cf. E. Babelon, Perses Achéménides, pl. I, n° 10 pour un sicle). Ce type est souvent attribué à Darius Ier (521-486 avant J.-C.) ou à Xerxès (486-465 avant J.-C.). Pour cet exemplaire, une attribution à Artaxerxès II (465-425 avant J.-C.) est probable.
Historical background
PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM
(5th - 4th century BC)
The Achaemenid dynasty will last two centuries (559-330 AC.) and mark Asia Minor for a long time. Cyrus, the founder, seizes Babylon and Lydia from Croesus. His son Cambyses conquered Egypt in 525 BC. Darius I succeeded him (521-486 AC.) and began the Persian Wars against rebellious Asia Minor, then against Athens, which had supported the insurgents. He was defeated at Marathon in 490 AC. His son Xerxes (486-465 AC.) continued his policy, but was crushed at Salamis and Plataea. It is the end of the Persian hegemonic dream. The dynasty died out with Darius III Codoman (339-330 AC.) who was defeated by Alexander who, for three centuries, imposed Hellenism as far away as India.
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