Live auction - bgr_715952 - MACEDONIA - MACEDONIAN KINGDOM - PHILIP III ARRHIDAEUS Drachme
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| Estimate : | 480 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 24 October 2023 14:05:40 |
Type : Drachme
Date: c. 323-319 AC.
Mint name / Town : Téos, Ionie
Metal : silver
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,35 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée présentant un très beau portrait d’Héraklès. Frappe plus brouillée au revers. Patine grise
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, les jambes croisées, assis à gauche sur un siège sans dossier, nu jusqu'à la ceinture, tenant un aigle posé sur sa main droite et un long sceptre bouleté de la gauche ; dans le champ à gauche une palme.
Reverse legend : ALEXANDROU/
Reverse translation : (d’Alexandre).
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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