3137 - Pella (Perdiccas) (AE Heracles/lion) over Amyntas (Heracles/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 60)
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|Mint=Pella | |Mint=Pella | ||
|Ancient region=Macedon | |Ancient region=Macedon | ||
− | |Authority=Perdiccas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 365-360 BC) | + | |Authority=Macedonian kingdom; Perdiccas III of Macedon (Argead king, c. 365-360 BC) |
|Date from=365 BCE | |Date from=365 BCE | ||
|Date to=359 BCE | |Date to=359 BCE | ||
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|Axis=1 | |Axis=1 | ||
|Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 80, n° 60 | |Coin reference=MacDonald 2009, p. 80, n° 60 | ||
− | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 520-521 ; HGC 3.1, n° 840 | + | |Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen Macedonia I, n° 520-521 ; SNG ANS 8 Macedonia 2, n° 114-117 ; HGC 3.1, n° 840 |
+ | |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/perdiccas_iii_macedon_bmc_2-7 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Heracles right, wearing lion's skin (visible: entire outline of host coin and several locks of hair on lion skin). | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Heracles right, wearing lion's skin (visible: entire outline of host coin and several locks of hair on lion skin). | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=AMYNTA | |Overstruck reverse legend=AMYNTA | ||
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|Overstruck date to=369 BCE | |Overstruck date to=369 BCE | ||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |Overstruck period=Classical | ||
− | |Coin series reference overstruck=Westermark 1989, p. 307-313, n° (A)1 ; | + | |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 |
+ | |Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amyntas_iii_macedon_sng_ans_100-09 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | ||
|Level of confidence=sure | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
|Remarks=The mint is not clear: Pella (or Aigai) | |Remarks=The mint is not clear: Pella (or Aigai) | ||
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365 BCE - 359 BCE | ΠΕΡΔΙΚΚΑ
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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753 1 Amyntas.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection, n° 60 |
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: 3.623.62 g <br />3,620 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 80, n° 60 | 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 (visible: entire outline of host coin and several locks of hair on lion skin). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMYNTA (Greek) Eagle right devouring snake (visible: outline of eagle from head to wing tip, slight traces of 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.. 369 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC ![]() |
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: |
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
- ^ Breitenstein, Niels (1943), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Coins and Medals. Danish National Museum, 8. Macedonia. Part. 1 Acanthus - Uranopolis - Dynasts, 11 pl.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.