bgr_228896 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERDICCAS II Tetrobole
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 280.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 280.00 €
Type : Tetrobole
Date: c. 443/2 - 438/7 AC.
Mint name / Town : Aigai,Macédoine
Metal : silver
Diameter : 15 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,29 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau cavalier au droit. Usure régulière au revers. Recouvert d’une fine patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES 41, n° 114
Obverse
Obverse description : Cavalier macédonien bondissant à droite, coiffé de la kausia, tenant deux javelines transversales.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Protomé de lion dans un carré à droite.
Commentary
Étalon lourd. Même coin de droit que les exemplaires de l’American Numismatic Society (ANS. 49 et 50) et même coin de revers que l’exemplaire (ANS. 60).
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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