(cf. Triton XV, lot 1189 in good vf | USD 6.500 + 18%) | Abkürzungen
13,00 mm
weight 3,34gr. | gold Ø 13mm. Type with the usual high hammered edges. Imitating Alexander III (the Great) (336-323 BC) and Lysimachos (323-281 BC).
obv. A stylized head (perhaps Alexander the Great) facing right with two pellets in front rev. Stylized Nikè standing facing flanked by two pellets on each side.
Minted in the area of Kolchis, what is now primarily western Georgia in the Eastern Black sea and where Jason and the Argonauts traveled on their epic journey to retrieve the fabled golden fleece from Aeetes, King of the Colchians. This coin is related to some of the greatest heroes ever written about, including Heracles, Eurytus, Theseus, and Orpheus and also has ties to one of the most iconic relics of the time the Golden Fleece!
The epic story of Jason and the Argonauts is filled with adventure, loss, betrayal, murder, sorcery and revenge. Pelias, who imprisoned his half-brother Aeson and seized his throne, became King of Lolcus in Thessaly. He began killing every descendant of Aeolus he could, but spared Aeson, father of Jason. After Jason′s birth, his death was faked and he was smuggled out of the city to be raised by the centaur Chiron, the trainer of heroes. When Jason was old enough he returned home to claim the throne as the rightful king of Lolcus. Pelias swore before Zeus that he would give up the throne upon Jason′s return home with the Golden Fleece from Colchis. Of course Jason accepted this task and assembled a truly impressive band of heroes for this perilous journey.
The quest for the Golden Fleece supposedly took place around 1300 BC in the years before the Trojan War. However, this light stater is from much later, between the first century BC and the first century AD, and is also from a remote geographic location. This explains the degradation of design in imitation of Alexander III (336-323 BC) or Lysimachos (323-281 BC). This interesting coinage series would benefit much from further research and study.
SNG.Copenhagen- | cf. Lang, page10, 4A (Plate I,6) | Sear- cf. Zograph, plate XII,18 | cf. N. Frolova, Caucasian Imitations of Alexander and Lysimachus′ Golden Stater, Studies Touratsoglou, pp. 127-133, pl. II, 3RR (cf. Triton XV, lot 1189 in good vf | USD 6.500 + 18%)
Highly interesting historical coin. Very rare. about xf
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