bgr_352944 - KINGDOM OF GALATIA - AMYNTAS Tétradrachme
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Price : 950.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 950.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 30 AC
Mint name / Town : Sidé, Pamphylie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 15,76 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Belle tête d’Athéna. Joli revers de style fin. Très belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente d’Aix du 26 octobre 2007, n° 47 et de la collection d’Élisabeth
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Athéna à droite, coiffée du casque corinthien à cimier.
Reverse
Reverse description : Niké marchant à droite, les ailes déployées, tenant de la main droite un diadème enroulé dans un sceptre.
Reverse legend : BASI-LEWS// AMUN-TOU.
Reverse translation : (du roi Amyntas).
Commentary
Même coin de droit que les exemplaire du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF n° 2345, 2346 et 2347, pl . 127.
Historical background
KINGDOM OF GALATIA - AMYNTAS
(36-25 BC)
Galatia took its name from the Gallic invaders who had devastated Asia Minor at the beginning of the 3rd century BC and who had ended up settling in this semi-desert part of present-day Turkey. It was Pompey who had erected Galatia into a kingdom in 64 BC with Pessinus as its capital. Amyntas, secretary of Deiotaros whom he succeeded in 36 BC, had first served under Cassius and Brutus. Back in favor with Antony, he betrayed the latter on the eve of the battle of Actium and thus retained his title. He found death fighting looters in 25 BC and his kingdom became a Roman province for the benefit of Augustus.
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