E-auction 288-208175 - bgr_415712 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 120 € |
| Price : | 73 € |
| Maximum bid : | 101 € |
| End of the sale : | 22 October 2018 14:00:30 |
| bidders : | 15 bidders |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 323-319 AC.
Mint name / Town : Magnésie du Méandre, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 18,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,97 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Belle tête d’Héraklès. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine gris foncé de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
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 croisées, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre de la gauche ; monogramme sous le trône ; grènetis circulaire perlé.
Reverse legend : FILIPPOU/ (AIT).
Reverse translation : (de Philippe).
Commentary
Nous n’avons pas relevé de liaison de coin pertinente.
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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