bgr_810515 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERDICCAS II Tetrobole, étalon lourd

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERDICCAS II Tetrobole, étalon lourd VF

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Type : Tetrobole, étalon lourd

Date: c. 437/436 - 432/431 AC.

Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Aigai

Metal : silver

Diameter : 15,5 mm

Orientation dies : 1 h.

Weight : 2,30 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, centré. Usure importante mais exemplaire parfaitement identifiable. Patine grise

Catalogue references :

BMC.27 - Cop.501 - Delepierre- - ANS.54 - GC.1492 (200£) - Alpha bank124 - RQEMAC.167

Obverse

Obverse description : Cavalier macédonien passant au pas à droite, coiffé de la kausia, tenant deux javelines transversales ; grènetis circulaire perlé.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Protomé de lion bondissant à droite ; au-dessus, un caducée tourné à droite ; le tout dans un carré creux.

Historical background

MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERDICCAS II

(454-413 BC)

Perdiccas II is the son of Alexander I (495-454 BC) to whom he succeeded. During the Peloponnesian War, he opposed Athens and allied with Sparta. After taking Potidea 430 BC, he traded with Athens. The break came after taking Plataea. Brasidas seized Amphipolis where he died in 424 BC. Perdiccas II did not live long enough to see the fall of Athens. During his long reign, he also had to fight against the Thracian tribes who periodically tried to invade his kingdom..

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