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Tetradramma 4006A (Dr. Reinhard Fischer Auktionen, Auction 142)

Ancient Coins
Antike Münzen - Griechenland Makedonien, unbestimmte Münzstätte im Osten, Tetradrachme (16,90g), postum, 325-300 v. Chr. Alexander III. Av: Herakleskopf mit Löwenfell nach rechts. Rev: Thronender Zeus nach links. Price 4006A, dunkle Patina, Kratzer auf Avers, ss-vz. ss-vz
Ancient Greek coins Macedonia, indefinite mint in the east, tetradrachm (16.90g), posthumous, 325-300 BC Alexander III. Av: Herakles head with skin of a lion to the right. Rev: enthroned Zeus left. Prize 4006A, dark toned, scratch on aversum, very fine to extremly fine. ss-vz

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Dramma considerata una variante del tetradramma 4006A

ID:                                                                            124957

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Drachm

Struck / Cast:                                                           struck

Date Struck:                                                             325-300 BC

Diameter:                                                                 16 mm

Weight:                                                                     4.23 g

Die Axis:                                                                   7 h

Obverse Description:                                                Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, both feet on footstool, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, ΒΑΚ ligate within circle

Mint:                                                                         Uncertain East

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 4006A var. (tetradrachm)

Photograph Credit:                                                    Classical Numismatic Group

Source:                                                                     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=124957

Special Comments:                                                   See B. Nelson, “The 2005 ‘Seleucus I’ Hoard” in CH X (forthcoming), 667 (this coin, illustrated)

Grade:                                                                      VF

Notes:                                                                      The monogram on this issue is similar to those found on the Alexandrine issues from the mint of Tyre.

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=300497

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Esemplare precedente (CNG Electronic Auction 191, lot 8, 09.07.2008)

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.23 g, 11h). Uncertain eastern mint. Struck circa 325-300 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, BAK monogram in wreath. Cf. Price 4006A (tetradrachm); B. Nelson, “The 2005 ‘Seleucus I’ Hoard” in CH X (forthcoming), 667 (this coin, illustrated). VF, lightly toned. Unpublished as a drachm, apparently unique.
Ex 2005 ‘Seleucus I’ Hoard.

191, Lot: 8. Estimate $200. Sold for $465

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Tetradramma della serie “Uncertain East Mint” Price 4017

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Tetradramma Price 4017 (Gorny & Mosch 130, lot 1135, 08.03.2004)

ID:                                                                            4017fhbbhrt

Type:                                                                        Greek

Region:                                                                     MACEDONIAN KINGS

Issuer:                                                                      Alexander III

Date Ruled:                                                               336-323 BC

Metal:                                                                       Silver

Denomination:                                                          Tetradrachm

Struck / Cast:                                                            struck

Date Struck:                                                              325-300 BC

Weight:                                                                     16.09 g

Die Axis:                                                                   7 h

Obverse Description:                                                 Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse Legend:                                                       ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Reverse Description:                                                 Zeus seated left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, holding eagle in right hand and scepter in left; in left field, gazelle standing left, head right, Μ below

Mint:                                                                         Uncertain East

Primary Reference:                                                   Price 4017

Photograph Credit:                                                    Gorny & Mosch GmbH

Source:                                                                     http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=186958

Grade:                                                                      aVF

http://www.coinproject.com/coin_detail.php?coin=304619

 

 

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Stesso esemplare con descrizione e valutazione della Gorny & Mosch

GRIECHEN
MAKEDONISCHE KÖNIGE
Objekt-Nr.: 1135
Alexander III. der Große, 336 - 323 v. Chr.
Tetradrachme, (16,09 g.), ca. 325 - 300 v.Chr. Mzst. unbest. im Orient Vs.: Kopf des Herakles mit Löwenfell n. r. Rs.: ALEXANDROU, Zeus mit Adler auf der R. nach l. thronend, davor sich umwendendes Reh und M. Price 4017. Tönung, ss
Estimation: € 150,00

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (CNG 443)

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.15 g, 12h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A (in Babylonia). Struck circa 320-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Taylor Series I, 57–8 (A20/P5); Price P225; HGC 9, 11a. Near VF, toned.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1994.

CNG 443, Lot: 124. Estimate $150. Sold for $220. 
 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (CNG 402)

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.19 g, 2h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A (in Babylonia). Struck circa 320-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Taylor Series I, 57 (A20/P5); Price P225; HGC 9, 11a. VF, slightly off center, a few light marks.

CNG 402, Lot: 264. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (CNG 64)

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I, as Satrap. 1st Satrapy, 320-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.14 gm). Uncertain mint 6A (Opis?) in Babylonia. Struck in the name of Philip III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5a; Price P225. Nice VF, light obverse die rust. ($200)

Seleukos Nikator, founder of the Seleukid dynasty, was one of Alexander the Great's Macedonian ‘Companions.' Athough he was never one of the conqueror's principal generals, he accompanied Alexander to Asia and commanded the royal bodyguard during the Indian campaign against King Porus. In the division of the empire following Alexander's death in 323 BC Seleukos did not receive a satrapy, but instead served under the regent Perdikkas until the latter's murder in 321/320. Seleukos was then appointed satrap of Babylonia but five years later the increasing power of Antigonos the One-eyed forced him to flee to his friend Ptolemy in Egypt. Finally, in 312 BC, Seleukos regained control of his satrapy, the date of his return to Babylon (7 October) marking the commencent of the Seleucid Era. In 305, along with several other of the ‘Successors,’ Seleukos took the title of King and then, following in the footsteps of Alexander, embarked on an eastern campaign during which he acquired 500 Indian war elephants. In 301, in alliance with King Lysimachos of Thrace, he defeated Antigonos at the battle of Ipsos, thereby gaining control of northern Syria which was to become the heartland of the Seleukid kingdom. Two decades later, at the age of 77, Seleukos added Asia Minor to his dominions by defeating his old ally Lysimachos at Corupedium. In the following year (280 BC), though, Seleukos, the longest surviving of the Diadochi (‘Successors’) of Alexander, was assassinated by Ptolemy Keraunos, the renegade son of his late friend, the king of Egypt.

The following offering, lots 361-375, constitutes some of the earliest coinage of Seleukos, all minted in Babylonia prior to his assumption of the royal title. Of special significance, the first tetradrachm, minted in the name of Philip III, is from Seleukos' first satrapy, an attribution established recently by A. Houghton and C. Lorber, in their monumental work, Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalogue.

Sale: CNG 64, 24 September 2003, Lot: 361. Estimate $200. Sold For $280. 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (ANS 1944.100.34932)

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.34932

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (ANS 1944.100.34933)

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.34933

 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (ANS 1944.100.34934)

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.34934

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (ANS 1944.100.34935)

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.34935

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225 (ANS 1944.100. 45129)

http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.45129

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P226

Differenza dei simboli nei tetradrammi P225 e P226

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Esemplare Price P226 della collezione ANS (senza foto)

http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.P226

Price P226

Descrizione del tipo: Tipo d'oggetto: Moneta - Tecnica di produzione: Coniato

Materiale: Argento - Nominale: Tetradramma

Arco cronologico: A partire dall'anno: 325 B.C. Fino all'anno: 300 B.C.

Autorità emittente: Filippo III Arrideo - Stated Authority: Filippo III Arrideo

Geografico: Zecca: Valore incerto - Regione: Asia--Asia--Greek East

Dritto. Type: Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress - Divinità: Heracles

Rovescio. Type: Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand - Divinità: Zeus - Legenda: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ - Simbolo: monogram (LeftField)

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P226 (esemplare CNG 441)

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 17.13 g, 6h). In the name of Philip III of Macedon, types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Price P226; HGC 9, –. VF, lightly toned, compact flan. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton VI (14 January 2003), lot 1524 (part of).

CNG 441, Lot: 166. Estimate $150. Sold for $425. 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P226 (esemplare CNG 375)

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.99 g, 2h). In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.6; Price P226; HGC 9, –. Fine, toned.

From the collection of Will Gordon.

CNG 375, Lot: 425. Estimate $100. Sold for $85.

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P226 (Auctiones GmbH, eAuction #63)

Ancient Coins
Philip III Arrhidaios AR Tetradrachm
Kings of Macedon. Philip III Arrhidaios (323-317 BC). AR Tetradrachm (27-28 mm, 16.87 g), uncertain Eastern mint.
Obv. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin.
Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, Zeus seated left holding eagle and sceptre, monogram before.
Price P226.
Good very fine.

Lot 18: Starting price: 100 CHF - Estimate: 120 CHF - Result: 140 CHF

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Esemplari con attribuzione P225-6 nella didascalia.

Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225-6 (CNG 386)

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.29 g, 10h). In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Price P225-6; HGC 9, –. VF, toned, light graffiti in field on reverse.

CNG 386, Lot: 319. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225-6 (Triton XIV)

SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.19 g, 8h). In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Price P225-6; HGC 9, -; SNG München 975; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. Near EF.

Triton XIV, Lot: 350. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. 

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Tetradramma di Filippo III Arrideo di una zecca incerta dell’Est Price P225-6 (Roma Num., E-Sale 9)

Seleukid Kings of Syria, Seleukos I Nikator AR Tetradrachm. Uncertain mint 6A in Babylonia, 321-315 BC. In the name and types of Philip III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field. SC Ad39.5; Price P225-6; HGC 9, -; SNG München 975; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. 17.10g, 27mm, 2h. Good Very Fine.

Starting price: 120 GBP - Estimate: 150 GBP - Result: 140 GBP

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Per avere un’idea del periodo storico in cui furono emessi questi tetradrammi di Filippo III Arrideo, fratellastro di Alessandro Magno e per dinastia legittimo pretendente al trono della Macedonia dopo la morte del Grande, consiglio il link https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=diadochi

 

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Un po’ di storia riassunta dal link di cui sopra.

Alessandro Magno, imbattuto in battaglia e uno dei più grandi comandanti militari di tutti i tempi, attraverso la conquista creò uno dei più grandi imperi della storia antica. Morì, inaspettatamente, a soli 32 anni. Dopo una notte di forti bevute che continuarono fino al giorno successivo, gli venne la febbre che peggiorò costantemente fino alla morte dodici giorni dopo, il 10 o 11 giugno 323 a. C. Secondo Diodoro, quando Alessandro era sul letto di morte e i suoi compagni gli chiesero a chi avrebbe lasciato in eredità il suo regno, la sua laconica risposta fu: "Al più forte".

I Diadochi (dal greco ‘successori’) erano i più forti, gli uomini al potere che controllavano e combattevano per l'Impero di Alessandro dopo la sua morte inaspettata. La lotta sarebbe stata spietata e si sarebbe iniziata quasi immediatamente. La famiglia di Alessandro e i suoi capi militari divisero l'impero e i litigi, gli omicidi e la guerra durarono per decenni, per tutto il tempo in cui i Diadochi vissero. Anche dopo la loro morte, i loro discendenti, i re seleucidi e tolemaici, continuarono sporadici combattimenti fino al II secolo a. C. Alla fine, solo la Pax Romana avrebbe posto fine alle violente lotte dei successori di Alessandro.