+ Filters
New Search
Filters
Available Exact wording Only in the title
E-shopLoading...
GradeLoading...
PriceLoading...

bgr_286746 - PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON Sicle

PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON Sicle XF/VF
350.00 €(Approx. 367.50$ | 290.50£)
Quantity
Add to your cartAdd to your cart
Type : Sicle
Date: c. 400-350 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sardes, Lydie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5, mm
Weight : 5,55 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire frappé sur un petit flan ovale. Jolie patine de collection ancienne. Représentation du roi inhabituelle
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.

Reverse


Reverse description : Carré creux allongé, présentant des aspérités irrégulières.

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.

Your Recently Viewed Items

PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON Sicle XF/VF
PERSIA - ACHAEMENID KINGDOM - ARTAXERXES II MNEMON Sicle XF/VF
350.00 €

cgbfr.com numismatists

SNENNP - CGB NumismaticsSNCAO - CGB NumismaticsBDM - CGB Numismatics
NGC - CGB NumismaticsPMG - CGB NumismaticsPMG - CGB Numismatics

cgb.fr uses cookies to guarantee a better user experience and to carry out statistics of visits.
To remove the banner, you must accept or refuse their use by clicking on the corresponding buttons.

x
Voulez-vous visiter notre site en Français https://www.cgb.fr