bgr_713920 - MACEDONIA - KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA - AMYNTAS III Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: c. 393 - 370/369 AC.
Mint name / Town : Aigai ou Pella, Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 9 h.
Weight : 3,18 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré. Joli portrait. Usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Aigle debout à droite les ailes repliées, dévorant un serpent qu’il tient dans ses serres.
Reverse legend : AMUNTA.
Reverse translation : (Amyntas).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA - AMYNTAS III
(393-370/369 BC)
Amyntas III is a great-grandson of Alexander I of Macedon (495-454 BC). He seized power in 389 BC by overthrowing Pausanias (390-389 BC) the son of Aeropos (396-392 BC). Itself overthrown by the Illyrians in 383 BC, it was restored by the Spartans two years later. It was Alexander II who succeeded him before being assassinated by Ptolemy who became regent for the two other sons of Amyntas, Perdiccas III and Philip II.
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