3137 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 60)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3137

365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 753 - Aegae or Pella over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 60

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ (Greek) Lion right, breaking spear in jaws.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Macedonian kingdom, Perdiccas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 365-360 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 365 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 359 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.623.62 g <br />3,620 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 80, n° 60	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I1SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 520-521, SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 22SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 114-117, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 80, n° 60, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 840
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/perdiccas iii macedon bmc 2-7

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Heracles right, wearing lion's skin (visible: entire outline of host coin and several locks of hair on lion skin).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMYNTA (Greek) Eagle right devouring snake (visible: outline of eagle from head to wing tip, slight traces of snake).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Amyntas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 393-370 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 393 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 369 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Gaebler 19355Gaebler 1935, p. 160, n° 7, Westermark 19896Westermark 1989, p. 307-313, n° (A)1, Sear I7Sear I, n° 1512, HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 383
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amyntas iii macedon sng ans 100-09

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	The mint is not clear: Pella (or Aigai)

References

^ Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
^ Westermark, Ulla (1989), "Remarks on the regal Macedonian coinage ca. 413-359 B.C.", in Georges Le Rider, Kenneth Jenkins, Nancy Waggoner and Ulla Westermark (eds.), Kraay-Mørkholm essays : numismatic studies in memory of C. M. Kraay and O. Mørkholm, Louvain-la-Neuve, p. 301-315
^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.