E-auction 205-133060 - bgr_401795 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 53 € |
| Maximum bid : | 75 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 March 2017 14:01:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 323-319 AC.
Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Méandre, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,98 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré avec les grènetis visibles à l’usure régulière. Patine grise de collection ancienne
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Tête imberbe d'Héraklès à droite, coiffée de la léonté, nouée sous le cou; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse
Reverse description : Zeus aétophore assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, les jambes parallèles, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche, une abeille dans le champ à gauche ; derrière un fer de lance.
Reverse legend : FILIPPOU/ (AIT).
Reverse translation : (de Philippe).
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas relevé de liaison de coin pertinente. Le fer de lance est placé entre Zeus et le nom de Philippe. L’abeille est tournée à gauche.
Historical background
MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS
(323-316 BC)
Coinage in the name of Philipp III and Alexander type
Philip, son of Philip II and the half-brother of Alexander, was not entirely in his right mind. On the death of the conqueror and faced with the lack of power, in order to maintain the fiction of the unity of the Empire, he was proclaimed king, but in fact he had no power. He was assassinated at the instigation of Olympias, Alexander's mother, in 316 BC.
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