3808 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (Solidus Numismatik, EA 12, Febr. 2017, 57)

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|Image overstriking coin=SO 756 - Aegae or Pella over uncertain mint.jpg
 
|Image overstriking coin=SO 756 - Aegae or Pella over uncertain mint.jpg
|Sale=Solidus Numismatik, EA 12 (18/02/2017), lot 57.
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|Image overstruck variety=Pella Amyntas.jpg
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|Sale=Solidus Numismatik, EA 12, 18 Febr. 2017, lot 57
 
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
 
|Obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.
 
|Reverse legend=ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ
 
|Reverse legend=ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ
 
|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse description=Lion right, breaking spear in jaws.
 
|Reverse description=Lion right, breaking spear in jaws.
|Mint=Pella; Aegae
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|Mint=Pella
 
|Ancient region=Macedon
 
|Ancient region=Macedon
|Authority=Perdiccas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 365-360 BC)
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|Authority=Perdiccas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 365-360 BC); Macedonian kingdom
 
|Date from=365 BCE
 
|Date from=365 BCE
 
|Date to=359 BCE
 
|Date to=359 BCE
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|Weight=3.27
 
|Weight=3.27
 
|Diameter=18
 
|Diameter=18
|Coin series reference=SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 114-117 ; HGC 3.1, n° 840
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|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 520-521 ; SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 114-117 ; HGC 3.1, n° 840
|Overstruck obverse description=Greek
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|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/perdiccas_iii_macedon_bmc_2-7
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|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Heracles right, wearing lion's skin
 
|Overstruck reverse legend=AMYNTA
 
|Overstruck reverse legend=AMYNTA
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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
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|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle right devouring snake
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|Overstruck mint=Pella
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
 
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Amyntas II of Macedon (Argead king, c. 394-393 BC)?; Amyntas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 393-370 BC)?
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|Overstruck authority=Amyntas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 393-370 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Remarks=Traces of overstriking
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|Overstruck date from=393 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=369 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Classical
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|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 160, n° 7; Westermark 1989, p. 307-313, n° (A)1 ; Sear I, n° 1512; HGC 3.1, n° 383
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amyntas_iii_macedon_sng_ans_100-09
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Level of confidence=sure
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|Remarks=The mint is not clear: Pella (or Aigai)
 
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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3808


365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 756 - Aegae or Pella over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Pella Amyntas.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Solidus Numismatik, EA 12, 18 Febr. 2017, lot 57

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), 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.273.27 g <br />3,270 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 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:

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.: AMYNTA (Greek) Eagle right devouring snake
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : 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:
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

  1. ^  Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
  2. ^  Troxell, Hyla A. (1994), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum ANS 8. The Collection of the American Numismatic Society. Macedonia 2. Alexander I - Philip II, New York
  3. 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.
  4. ^  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
  5. ^  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
  6. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.