bgr_234972 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERDICCAS III Unité
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 40.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 40.00 €
Type : Unité
Date: c. 365-359 AC.
Mint name / Town : Macédoine, Aigai
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,61 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine noire granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d’Héraklès à droite, coiffé de la léonté.
Reverse
Reverse description : Lion passant à droite.
Reverse legend : PERDIK
Reverse translation : (Perdiccas).
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PERDICCAS III
(365-359 BC)
Perdiccas III is the son of Amyntas III (389-383 and 381-369 BC) and the brother of Alexander II and Philip III. After the assassination of Alexander II, Ptolemy served as regent for the two surviving brothers. Philip finally got rid of Ptolemy II in 365 BC. Perdiccas III finally reigned only six years before being replaced by Philip II who would change the destiny of the small kingdom.
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