26466 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (CNG, EA 566, July 2024, 84)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26466

365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

Perdiccas_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_566,_17_July_2024,_84.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Pella Amyntas.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Roma, EA 84, 16 June 2021, 359 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 566, 17 July 2024, 84.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	From the Skillman Collection

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

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:

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

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: 3.723.72 g <br />3,720 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		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, HGC 3.13HGC 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

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMYNTAΣ (Greek) Eagle right devouring 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.. 370 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	Gaebler 19354Gaebler 1935, p. 160, n° 7, Westermark 19895Westermark 1989, p. 307-313, n° (A)1, Sear I6Sear I, n° 1512, HGC 3.13HGC 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:	"overstruck on an issue of Amyntas III (HGC 3, 831), with the tail of the eagle and AMY visible on the obverse."