bgr_427829 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Tétradrachme
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Price : 1 200.00 €
Type : Tétradrachme
Date: c. 280 AC.
Mint name / Town : Sestos, Thrace
Metal : silver
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 16,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait particulier d’Alexandre le Grand idéalisé. Joli revers de beau style inhabituel. Patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Alexandre le Grand sous les traits de Zeus-Ammon, cornu et diadémé à droite.
Reverse
Reverse description : Athéna nicéphore assise à gauche sur un trône, tenant une petite Niké de la main droite qui couronne le nom de Lysimaque et le coude gauche reposant sur un bouclier orné d'un masque de lion ; le trône est orné d’un rinceau ; entre Athéna et le nom du roi, un petit terme.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU/ (PAT), (Bsilews Lusimacou).
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Commentary
Dans l’ouvrage de Müller sur le monnayage de Lysimaque, ce type est attribué à l’atelier de Sestos.
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS
(323-301-281 BC)
Coinage in the name and type of Lysimachos
Lysimachus (c. 360-281 BC) was one of Alexander's leading generals. After the death of the brilliant conqueror on June 14, 323 BC, a fratricidal fight opposed the Diadochi, his successors. Lysimachus, initially favorable to the survival of the Empire, supports Antipater before becoming independent in 315 before J. - C., receiving the administration of Thrace. In 306 BC, after the naval battle of Salamis in Cyprus, Lysimachus, imitating Antigonus the One-eyed, his irreducible enemy, took the title of king (Basileos), both followed by Demetrius, Ptolemy, Seleucus and Cassander. Allied with Ptolémée, they crush Antigone which dies with the battle of Ipsos in 301 before J. - C. It is the birth of the kingdom of Thrace and the beginning of the personal coinage of Lysimaque. He must fight against Demetrius in Macedonia and Thrace. After 288 BC, he remained the most powerful of the reigning monarchs over Europe and Asia Minor. Lysimachus, aged 80, was killed at the Battle of Couroupédion in 281 BC..
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