3216 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar 449)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3216

365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 757 - Aegae or Pella over uncertain mint.png

Overstruck variety

Pella Amyntas.jpg [1]

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:

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: 3.513.51 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

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Sear I3Sear I, n° 1512, HGC 3.12HGC 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:	weak
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
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.
^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.