bgr_965116 - THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS Drachme
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Type : Drachme
Date: c. 299/298 - 297/296 AC.
Mint name / Town : Lampsaque, Mysie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,50 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,10 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Marque de démonétisation. Joli portrait. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté nouée sous le cou ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore les jambes croisées, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, un protomé de lion tourné à gauche et un monogramme au-dessous ; une torche allumée sous le trône.
Reverse legend : BASILEWS/ LUSIMACOU/ (PE).
Reverse translation : (du roi Lysimaque).
Historical background
THRACE - THRACIAN KINGDOM - LYSIMACHOS
(323-281 BC)
Monnayage au nom et au type de Lysimaque and of the type of Alexander III the Great
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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