3216 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar 449)
From SILVER
365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Marc Bar 449. | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Marc Bar collection |
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 ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.513.51 g <br />3,510 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1515 mm <br />1.5 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG Belgique, n° 449 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 21SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 114-117, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 840 |
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Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMYNTA (Greek) Eagle standing right, devouring serpent held in talons |
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 ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 160, n° 7, Westermark 19894Westermark 1989, p. 307-313, n° (A)1, Sear I5Sear I, n° 1512, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 383 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
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