bgr_571537 - THRACE - PERINTHOS Tétradrachme

THRACE - PERINTHOS

(3rd - 2nd century BC)

The city of Perinth was founded by settlers from Samos in 602 BC. The city fell under Achaemenid domination under Darius I in 513 BC. After the Persian defeat, the city of Perinth entered the league of Delos. In 411, Perinthe revolted with Byzantium against the Athenian yoke. After a period under Spartan domination at the end of the Peloponnesian War, the city joined the second Athenian thalassocracy in 377 BC before leaving it twenty years later. First rallied to Philip II of Macedonia, the city was besieged by Antigone who lost an eye there and earned his nickname (the One-eyed). After the death of Alexander III the Great in 323 BC, Perinthus passed under the thumb of Lysimachus and remained there until the battle of Couroupedion and the death of Diadochus in 281 BC. was disputed between the Seleucids and the Lagids before falling under the Antigonid cup in 202 BC before the defeat of the Macedonian king at the battle of Cynoscephali in 197 BC and regaining its autonomy for a short time. time. After the peace of Apamea, Perinthe passed under Attalid domination.