3835 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1940.77.17)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3835

365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 752 - Aegae or Pella over uncertain mint.png

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1940.77.17

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

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; Aegae

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country:

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:

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: 4.314.31 g <br />4,310 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 116

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 840

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Additional data

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