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London Ancient Coins Ltd, Guttus Auction 11, lot 51, 19/10/2015

Troas, Ophrynion, c. 350-300 BC. Æ (9mm, 1.39g, 11h). Laureate head of Zeus r. R/ Warrior, wearing crested helmet, crouching l., holding shield and spear. BMC 8-9. Very Rare. Green patina, obv. off-centre, otherwise VF

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Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 66, lot 8, 11/06/2003

CELTIC, Gaul. The Aedui. Uiipotal. Circa 60-50 BC. AR Quinarius (13mm, 1.64 gm). Diademed head left / VIIPOTA[L], warrior standing facing, holding trophy and shield. CCCBM II 489ff; de la Tour 4484. Toned VF.

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton VI, lot 39, 14/01/2003

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 281-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.18 gm).
Estimate $600
CALABRIA, Tarentum. Circa 281-272 BC. AR Nomos (6.18 gm). Helmeted, nude warrior on horse prancing right; warrior holds two lances and large round shield decorated with an eight-pointed star; IW behind, [TI]-APOLLW below / TARAS , Taras astride dolphin to the left, holding grape cluster and distaff; ANQ behind. Vlasto 789; SNG ANS 1133; Brunetti Period XXVI, 19 (275 BC). Toned, good VF. ($600)

ILLUSTRAZIONE: RILIEVO VOTIVO IN CALCARE DEL III SECOLO A.C.. MUSEO PAOLO ORSI, SIRACUSA

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Emporium Hamburg > Alpha Auction 2	Auction date: 13 January 2019
Lot number: 282 Price realized: Unsold
Lot description: RÖMISCHES REICH, Caracalla, 198-217, AR Denar, Rom. Belorb. Kopf r. Rs.Kaiser zu Pferd, davor Soldat. 2,30g. RIC 107  ss+ Starting Price: 90 EUR

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Leu Numismatik AG (1991-2007), Auction 81, lot 73, 16/05/2001

Sicily  Katane
Estimate: CHF 7'500.00
Drachm (Silver, 4.07 g 7), c. 405, unsigned but by Euainetos. Female charioteer, hold-ing goad in her right hand and reins in her left, driving galloping quadriga to right; above, Nike flying left to crown the charioteer. Rev. Head of the youthful river-god Amenanos to left, wearing taenia and with tiny horn above his forehead; around, crayfish and two mullets. Basel 335. Rizzo pl. XIV, 8 (same obverse die). SNG ANS 1263. SNG Lloyd 908. Very rare. Very attractive dark patina. Of lovely style, and with a particularly elegant head of Amenanos. Obverse struck from a worn and slightly rusty die, otherwise, extremely fine.
Ex Bank Leu 45, 26 May 1988, 35. This coin is generally considered to be an unsigned work by the master Euainetos: the obverse die links this piece with two signed dies, as Kraay/Hirmer 38 and Leu 76, 33, which are of exactly the same style and technique (and the style does differ from the otherwise very similar die signed by Choirion, as Rizzo pl. XIV, 14). In fact, however, this reverse may well have been signed: there are what seem to be traces of letters beneath the river-god's neck and it appears that a signature which originally appeared there was erased before the die was placed in use.

 

 

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Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 12, lot 1008, 29/10/2014

Justinianus I (527-565), Solidus, Constantinople, Officina B, AD 527-535, AV (g 4,46 mm 20 h 6), DN IVSTINI - ANVS PP AVG, helmeted, cuirassed bust facing, slightly r., holding spear over shoulder and shield, decorated with horseman, Rv. VICTORI - A AVGGG B, Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globe cruciger, at r., star, in ex., CONOB. DOC 3b Sear 137.Extremely fine.

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Clay bulla with impression of a stamp seal depicting the Persian king spearing a Greek hoplite. Near Eastern, Iranian, Persian Achaemenid 550–331 B.C.

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 21, lot 359, 31/10/2015

Lycia, Uncertain Dynast AR Stater. Xanthos mint (?), circa 440 BC. [Lion attacking bull] / Bull standing left, triskeles above. Cf. Nollé IV 26; Hirter in: IJN 14, 200/2002 Taf. 2.1 (Bull right); Cf. Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 72; lot 925 (Bull right). 8.88g, 18mm

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung > Online Auction 263	Auction date: 7 March 2019
Lot number: 3202
PONTUS. AMISOS. AE (20,72g). 120 - 95 v. Chr., Zeit Mithradates VI. Eupator. Vs.: Kopf des Perseus (?) mit Kyrbasia n. r. Rs.: ΑΜΙ-ΣΟΥ, Köcher und ungespannter Bogen (=Faretra e arco non teso). SNG BM 1135­1138; SNG Aul. 57 und 58; De Callatay S. 248, Nr. 19, Taf. 48, A; SNG Cop. 131. Dunkelgrüne, samtige Glanzpatina, gutes ss Estimate: 80 EUR

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Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG > Auction 318	Auction date: 11 March 2019
Lot number: 703
IONIA. EPHESOS. AR-Tetradrachme, 405/390 v. Chr., Magistrat Eukles; 14,31 g. Biene//Hirschprotome r., zurück- blickend, dahinter Palme. Ashton u. a., The Hecatomnus Hoard, 48. Knapper Schrötling, sehr schön Exemplar der Auktion Hirsch Nachf. 159, München 1988, Nr. 329. Estimate: 400 EUR

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Hess Divo AG, Auction 328, lot 81, 22/05/2015

GRIECHISCHE MÜNZEN 
SASANIDEN 
ARTAXERXES V., 211-241. Als Ardashir I., 224-241 
Drachme, Persepolis . Bärtige, drap. Büste n.r. mit parthischer Sternenkrone und Diadem; Pehlevi-Legende. Rv. Feueraltar; Pahlevi-Legende. 3,90 g. Göbl, Sas. Tf. 1,6. Alram, Namen Tf. 22,664. Selten . Leicht getönt. Gutes sehr schön Provenance: Auktion Münzhandlung Dr. B. Peus Nachf., Frankfurt a. Main 378 (2004), 330. - Siehe auch oben Nr. 77.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: GALLERIA DI RITRATTI MONETALI DI SATRAPI PERSIANI E RE SASANIDI

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Münzzentrum Rheinland > Auction 186	Auction date: 17 October 2018
Lot number: 272 Price realized: 270 EUR   (Approx. 311 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description: IMPERATORISCHE PRÄGUNGEN.  MARCUS ANTONIUS 44-30 v. Chr. Denar (32/32 v.Chr.) 3,10g. Galeere n. r. ANT AVG III VIR RPC / LEG IIII Legionsadler zwischen 2 Standarten. Cr. 544/16, BMC 194, C. 29, Syd. 1220. .  s-ss        Estimate: 250 EUR

illustrazione: Miles cornicularius Legio IIII, ordine di marcia, 101 a.C. Con Mario il soldato romano diventa un professionista ben pagato, più fedele al proprio generale che non alla res publica. Il “mulo mariano” è il legionario che marcia con tutto l’equipaggiamento. I 35 kg che si portava appresso erano, dopo la riforma di Mario (da cui il nome), il peso dell’armatura e della sarcina (il traino del legionario) che comprendeva tutto l’equipaggiamento da campo, tra cui i viveri per 17 giorni

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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 54	Auction date: 28 February 2019
Lot number: 500
Lot description: C. Servilius C.f AR Denarius. Rome, 57 BC. Head of Flora right, lituus behind, FLORAL•PRIMVS, downwards to right / Two soldiers facing each other, presenting swords; C•SEREIL in exergue, C•F upwards to right. Crawford 423/1; RSC 15; BMCRR 3816. 4.04g, 28mm, 9h. Good Very Fine. From the inventory of Roma Numismatics Ltd.; Ex private European collection.  Estimate: 300 GBP

Illustrazione: le tre diverse componenti dell'esercito repubblicano romano: Hastati, Principes e Triarii

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Heritage Auctions, Auction April 2011, lot 206, 14/04/2011

Q. Pomponius Musa. Denarius, 3.66g (4h). Rome, 66 BC. Obv: Head of Apollo right, scepter behind. Rx: Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, standing facing, wearing sword, holding club and tragic mask; to right, Q POMPONI, to left, MVSA. Crawford 410/4. Sydenham 816. RSC Pomponia 14. Somewhat corroded. Toned VF. From the BVH Collection.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: MASCHERA TRAGICA CONSERVATA NEL MUSEO DEL CASTELLO URSINO DI CATANIA

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Roma Numismatics Limited, E-Sale 38, lot 270, 29/07/2017

Greek 
Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater. 420 BC. Lion attacking bull; everything within dotted border / Crowned Persian king standing right, holding spear and wearing quiver containing bow on his back; grain ear before. Casabonne Group B, Type1; SNG BN -; SNG Levante -; SNG Ashmolean 1826 = Kelenderis p. 9, 4a. 10.47g, 20mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful light golden tone. Among the best preserved specimens of this early and very rare issue. Only 3 examples recorded on CoinArchives.
This coin belongs to one of the earliest issues of Tarsos under Persian influence. Its military design suggests that it was intended to pay Persian troops, perhaps those of the Phoenician fleet mobilized by Tissaphernes in 411-410 BC. The grain ear, very prominent on this type as well as contemporary issues (and later satrapal issues showing a Greek hoplite), may represent the military payroll in the form of food-rations. Kraay referred to the 'man' as a Persian soldier but in SNG France it is suggested that the man is most likely the Persian King, even though his crown is not visible on any known examples. That the Persian king is depicted armed, instead of one of his soldiers, would not change Kraay's interpretation of this very rare issue.

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Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 208, lot 1804, 16/10/2012

BITHYNIEN
Severus Alexander, 222 - 235 n. Chr. 4.33 g. Vs.: Μ ΑΥΡ ΣΕΥ ΑΛΕΧΑΝΔΡΟΣ ΑΥΓ, drapierte Büste mit Strahlenkrone n. r. Rs.: ΝΙΚΟΜΗΔΕΩΝ ΔΙΕ (sic!) ΝΕΩ/ΚΟΡΩΝ, halbnackte Figur (Leda!) hält in der erhobenen Rechten Kornähren, mit der Linken hält sie ihren Gewandzipfel, an dem ein Schwan mit ausgebreiteten Flügeln zieht. Rec. gén. 316. R! Dunkelgrüne Patina, gutes ss

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ZEUS SOTTO FORMA DI CIGNO FECONDA LEDA, BASSORILIEVO DEL III SECOLO A.C.

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 31 | Silver	Auction date: 10 March 2019
Lot number: 272
Lot description: Macedon. Koinon of Macedon. Pseudo-autonomous issue AD 238-244. Time of Gordian III Bronze Æ 27 mm., 11,99 g. [AΛEΞANΔPOV], diademed and cuirassed bust of Alexander the Great right / [K]OINON MAKEΔONΩN B [NE], table with two prize urns. very fine      AMNG 706.      Starting Price: 75 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: SCULTURA RAFFIGURANTE ALESSANDRO MAGNO E RICOSTRUZIONE DELLE SUE REALI FATTEZZE.

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Bertolami Fine Arts, mail Bid Sale 1, lot 330, 15/09/2010

Costantine I (306-337), Aureus, Antiochia, 312 A.C., au, 5,2 g, 19,56 mm, R/ CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, laureate head right, R/ VOTIS V MVLTIS X Victory standing right, inscribing VI/CTO/RIA/AVG in four lines on a shield set on a cippus; SMAS, RIC VII 1; Depeyrot 30/1; RSC 746. Rare. Obverse: light scratches on neck. Abrasions in exergue,About extremely fine.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'IMPERATORE COSTANTINO AL CONCILIO DI NICEA (325 D.C.)

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Bertolami Fine Arts, Auction 8, lot 818, 3/02/2014

Costantine IX (1042-1055), Histamenon nomisma (scyphate), Constantinople, 1042-1055, AV (g 4,3"; mm 28; h 6), IHS + XIS REX RESNANTINM, bust of Christ blessing with aura (to half-moons), facing, holding the Gospels in his l. hand, Rv. Rv. + CWNS - T - ATN - BASILEUS R, bust of Constantine in winning Loros scepter with cross and globe with cross-point cross en face. DOC 3;" Sear 1830.Very rare in this conservation. About Fdc.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: L'IMPERATORE BIZANTINO COSTANTINO IX MONOMACO E LA BALISSISA ZOE

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Savoca Numismatik GmbH & Co. KG > Online Auction 31 | Silver	Auction date: 10 March 2019
Lot number: 407
Lot description: The Triumvirs. Octavian 30-29 BC. Struck autumn 42 BC. Military mint traveling with Octavian in Greece Denarius AR    19 mm., 3,45 g. Helmeted and draped bust of young Mars right, spear over left shoulder, CAESAR III VIR [• R • P • C] around / Aquila between two signa, all set on ground line, above, trophy, holding oval shields, S C flanking aquila.       very fine    Crawford 497/3; CRI 138; Sydenham 1320; RSC 248; RBW 1758.        Starting Price: 100 EUR ILLUSTRAZIONE: ADDESTRAMENTO MILITARE NELLA FALANGE MACEDONE E NELL'ESERCITO ROMANO

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Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, lot 89, 6/01/2015

CILICIA, Tarsos. Mazaios. Satrap of Cilicia, 361/0-334 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.72 g, 9h). Crowned figure of Artaxerxes III in the guise of Baaltars seated right, holding lotus flower in right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left / Lion walking left; Z (in Phoenician[?]) above. Casabonne Series 6 and p. 218, n. 913; Göktürk –; SNG France 425 (Myriandros); SNG Levante 184 (Myriandros); Sunrise 61 corr. (mint; this coin). Superb EF, toned, a little off center. Exceptional.
From the Sunrise Collection.
The attribution of the walking-lion series of Mazaios had originally been given to the mint of Tarsos, but Newell argued that they more likely were struck at Myriandros in his study of that mint in AJN 53 (1919). Later, J.D. Bing, in AJN 1 (1989), argued for an alternative attribution of the Myriandros coinage to the mint of Issos. While most numismatic works continue to follow Newell, Casabonne’s significant study of Cilicia during the Persian period convincingly returns these coins of Mazaios to the mint of Tarsos (cf. Casabonne, pp. 215–7).
The appearance of Baaltars on this issue is significantly different from the relatively standard depiction of the deity on other coins of Tarsos. While the diety is typically shown nude to his waist, here the figure is fully clothed with attire that closely resembles that on the figure that appears on the royal Persian coinage struck at Sardes. More importanly, though, is the headdress on the figure. Baaltars typically wears a laurel wreath or no headdress, while this portrait shows the figure wearing an elaborate headdress. In a recent article, Frank Kovacs analysed the type, and argues that this figure is actually the Great King Araxeres III Ochos, in the guise of Baaltars, and the headdress is the combined crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, thus his appearance here is as pharaoh of Egypt (cf. F. Kovacs, "Two Persian Pharaonic Potraits" in JNG L [2000]; see also M. Thompson, in MN XII [1968], pp. 11–2, who notes the figure wearing a "high crown of Egyptian type"). This is plausible, as Araxerxes was the first pharaoh of the Thirty-First Dynasty of Egypt, and the date of his rule there, 343-338 BC, comports well with this issue under Mazaios.
O. Casabonne, while acknowledging that the figure here may represent a synthesis of Baaltars and the Great King, disagrees with the identification of the headdress as the Egyptian crown. Instead, he views the headdress as being a Phrigian style cap that is often depicted in contemporary art as being worn by warriors (cf. Casabonne, p. 121, fig. 8), but is here shown with the cheek guards in a raised position.
Nonetheless, it is doubless that the figure here is a synthesized portrait of Baaltars and the Persian Great King. The fractional silver of this issue, interestingly, may be most instructive, as the headdress on the figure is shown wearing a crown that is identical to that on the figure of the royal Achaemenid coinage and his robes have interlocking circles reminiscent of the darics of Carradice Type IV Late (cf. M. Thompson, op. cit. , p. 12).

ILLUSTRAZIONE: ENTRATA TRIONFALE DEL RE ASSIRO ASSURBANIPAL (668-626 A.C.) A BABILONIA

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Roma Numismatics Limited, Auction 6, lot 989, 29/09/2013

Zenobia Æ Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 272. S ZENOBIA AVG, draped bust right, set on crescent / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing facing, looking left, holding patera and sceptre; at feet left, a peacock; star in left field. RIC 2 corr. (no star); Carson, Q. Tic VII, 1978, 4; BN 1267a. 3.57g, 22mm, 7h. Extremely Fine; among the finest known examples, struck from dies of fine style. Extremely Rare. The issues struck for Zenobia at Antioch are of uniformly superior style to those produced at Emesa, and the present issue closely resembles the portraiture of Otacilia Severa and Salonina, whose coins had been struck there. The wife of the ruler of Palmyra, Septimia Zenobia came to power as regent for her son Septimius Vaballathus in AD 267 after the murder of her husband Septimius Odenathus, who had been entrusted with the defence of the Roman provinces in the east by the Emperor Gallienus. A strong character and very ambitious, Zenobia expanded her sphere of influence through the capture of the province of Egypt and the expulsion of the Roman prefect Tenagino Probus and his forces in 269, a campaign aided in its success in part due to the turmoil inside the Roman Empire after the death of Gallienus. The Roman east remained under the control of the kingdom of Palmyra under the subsequent emperors Claudius II and Quintillus, and when Aurelian came to power in 270 he pragmatically chose to acknowledge Zenobia and Vabalathus in order to allow himself time to first deal with the breakaway Gallic Empire. Though the mint for the rare portrait coins of Zenobia has long been a topic of debate, it is generally agreed now that they were struck in Syria, most likely at Emesa or Antioch, both Roman mints that were taken by Zenobia during her advance into Roman territory and expansion of her empire. The imperial title Augusta is proudly displayed on her coinage, but Zenobia’s power was not to last. Having subdued the uprisings in the west, Aurelian marched on her with an army. Their forces met outside Antioch, resulting in a battle that routed Zenobia’s army, which fled to Emesa. Zenobia and her son attempted to escape through the desert with the help of the Sassanid Persians, but were captured by Aurelian’s horsemen and subsequently taken to Rome to be displayed during the emperor’s triumphant return to the city.
ILLUSTRAZIONE: ODENATO E ZENOBIA, SOVRANI DI PALMIRA.

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CNG 802958.

VISIGOTHS, Gaul. Uncertain king. 417-507. AV Solidus (22mm, 4.32 g, 6h). In the name of Libius Severus. Uncertain mint in Gaul. Struck circa AD 461-470. D N IIBIVS SEVE RVS P F AVC, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust right; “flame” on shoulder / VICTORI Λ ΛVGGG, Severus standing facing, holding long cross in right hand, Victory on globe in left, his right foot on head of human-headed serpent; R-A//COMOB. Reinhart, Münzen 72; MEC 1, 174; RIC X 3754; Depeyrot 4 (Toulouse mint); Hunter, Byzantine 6. EF, small nick on cheek, area of weakness on reverse. Very rare.

The Visigoths were one of many Germanic tribes invaded the Roman Empire in the fourth century AD. Their early period is most notable for their defeat of the emperor Valens at Adrianople in AD 378 and their sacking of Rome under Alaric in AD 410. Alaric’s successor, Athaulf, led the Visigoths into Gaul and Spain, where they subsequently fought against the Vandals and Suevi for the emperor Honorius. Honorius rewarded them, in AD 417, with his permission to settle as foederati in western Aquitaine. Over the following half-century, the Visigoths rendered relatively faithful service for the empire, until their king Euric conquered much of Gaul and established an independent kingdom. This kingdom was quickly squashed in AD 507 by the Franks under Clovis, and the center of Visigothic power moved to Spain, where it flourished and took hold. The majority of the later kings were relatively weak and ineffectual. A few exceptions were the following: Leovigild, an outstanding military and political leader whose long reign (AD 568-586) ushered in the royal line that continued until the end; Reccared, who officially abandoned Arianism for Catholicism; and Sisebut and Swinthila, whose efforts led to the final conquest of Byzantine possessions in Spain. By AD 711, the decentralizing of power in Visigothic Spain had left the kingdom weak in the face of the invading Arabs, who defeated Roderick, the last Visigothic king. Another Visigothic leader, Achila II, continued to rule in Septimania, but he was also killed by the Arabs in AD 714.

 

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Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 87, lot 302, 18/05/2011

KINGS of MACEDON. Perdikkas III. 365-359 BC. AR Diobol (11mm, 0.93 g, 1h). Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Bow and club; [Π]-EP around; all within shallow incuse square. Westermark, Remarks pl. LXX, 45; SNG ANS -; SNG Alpha Bank 237-8. Good VF, bright surfaces. Extremely rare.
Perdikkas III was the son of Amyntas III and Eurydice, and succeeded his elder brother, Alexander II, to the throne of Macedon in 368 BC. At the time, Perdikkas was a minor, and the Macedonian Assembly elected as regent Ptolemy of Aloros, who served in this capacity for three years. The fact that Ptolemy was elected by the Assembly discounts a popular theory in much of the classical literature that he was responsible for the assassination of Alexander II (see N.G.L. Hammond, "A History of Macedonia, Volume II", pp. 181-4, for an analysis of the event). During the regency, Macedon was forced into a form of subservience to Thebes by means of an unbalanced alliance, in which Ptolemy surrendered his son and thirty of the Companions as hostages. This 'alliance' also brought Macedon into conflict with Thebes' opponent, Athens, which was then attempting to gain control over Amphipolis. By the time Perdikkas entered his maturity, in 365 BC, the kingdom was under threat of Athenian domination. Whereas Thebes provided virtually no support to Perdikkas, the Athenians gained new allies all around Macedon, from the Thracian tribes in the east, to the Molossians in the west, not to mention the pro-Athenian faction among the Macedonian elite. In any event, by late 364 or early 363 BC, Perdikkas was compelled to ally himself with Athens, whose general in the region, Timotheos, subsequently enlisted the Macedonians in his attempt to subjugate the Chalkidian League and capture Amphipolis. Later in 362 BC, however, perhaps encouraged by an expedition of the Theban leader Epaminondas against Athens, Perdikkas renounced his alliance with Athens. Macedon was quickly subdued by an Athenian force under Callisthenes, but Perdikkas again renounced Athens soon after its forces departed, and gave military support to both the Chalkidians and Amphipolis. Timotheos eventually had success against the Chalkidians, but his final attempt to take Amphipolis failed miserably, and he was forced to withdraw in 360 BC. While Perdikkas' attention had been drawn to the eastern lowlands of Macedon, another, more formidable threat had grown in the highlands to the west. The Illyrians, long opponents of Macedon, had become invigorated under their king Bardylis, who began plundering his neighbor Epiros in 359 BC. Encouraged by finding little resistance from the Epirote king, Arybbas, Bardylis took his forces into Macedon, where he decimated the Macedonian army and killed Perdikkas in battle. From the death of king Archelaos, whose reign saw an early pinnacle of Macedonian power, the kingdom had been fighting a defensive battle against enemies on all sides. This blow by the Illyrians exposed the kingdom to all these enemies, who moved to capture their own part of Macedonian territory. Unfortunately for them all, Perdikkas' youngest brother and successor, Philip II, became the most formidable king the Macedonians had yet produced.
Coins of Perdikkas are known in silver and bronze. His silver consists of two denominations, staters and diobols. The staters continue the basic types from Amyntas, with the head of Herakles in lion skin on the obverse, and a walking horse on the reverse. What is innovative is that Herakles is now depicted beardless, which becomes the standard way his shown on subsequent royal Macedonian issues. The diobols feature the bearded head of Herakles in lion skin, which suggests they were issued prior to the staters, while the reverse has a bow and club. Perdikkas' bronze coinage is known with three types. All feature the beardless Herakles on the obverse, with three different reverses. His bronze coinage is fairly common today, while his silver is very rare. In her article on the Macedonian regal coinage in this period, Westermark noted that, even though the output of his coinage was limited, the artistic quality of Perdikkas' coins was very high.

ILLUSTRAZIONE: OPLITA TEBANO

 

 

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Triskeles Auctions, Sale 17, lot 698, 16/09/2016

 AR 'tetradrachm'. Grape bunch / Side view of triple-crested Corinthian helmet right within incuse square // AR 'tetradrachm'. Crested Corinthian helmet left / Grain ear within pelleted border. For this coin, see D. G. Sellwood, "Some experiments in Greek minting technique," NC (1963), pp. 217-31, and pl. XXIV, nos. 8 & 11 f.