400 - 300 BC

Agathopolis   Peninsula Thraciae
Αγαθόπολις   Θρακική Χερσόνησος


 AE 12
SHH 7514

7514 Agathopolis Peninsula Thraciae AE

Parameter

Obverse
Reverse
Notes
Reference

Provenance
2,09 g   12.0-12.7 mm   ?.? eqmm   6:00 o'clock   VF
σmax(SigmaTest, 240 Hz) = ?.? MS/m
Male head right.
Double-bodied owl standing, head facing; ΑΓΑ / [ΘΟ] clockwise above.
Similar coins with the intitials A, AΓ or AΓA and a laurel wreath have been attributed
to different mints:
1, Agathopolis Penisula Thraciae. See Agathopolis SHH 6145 , SHH 325
   [SNG Austria, Sammlung Dreer]
2. Maroneia Thracia named temporariliy Agathocleia.
    See Maroneia Thracia SHH 6145, SHH 6771, SHH 5513, 6627
    Selene Psoma (2008, p. 213-215) attributes this coin to a military issue of Agathocles,
    son of Lysimachus, during his reign over the city of Maroneia, where 9 specimens of
    this type were found during excavations. It is also suggested that the city was named
    Agathocleia during this period, and renamed Maroneia after the death of Agathocles
    282 BC. [Psoma (2008)]
3. Adramytium Mysia, issue of Agathocles son of Lysimachus (this coin)
    Tekin has recently reattributed the coins of 'Agathokleia' to Agathokles, the oldest son
    of Lysimachos, who was his father's right-hand man in the late 290s and 280s BC.
    However, Lysimachos' second wife Arsinoe intrigued against him and he was executed
    in 283/2 BC on charges of conspiracy against the old king. Agathokles' wife Lysandra,
    a daughter of Ptolemy I, escaped the trial and fled to Seleukos, who marched against
    Lysimachos and killed him in the Battle of Korupedion in 281 BC - the decisive battle
    between the last surviving generals of Alexander.
    [Tekin (2013)]
Tekin (2013, p. 559-574) 27/31

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