381-369 BC Macedonian Kingdom AE16 Coin (VF) Amyntas III Eagle & Serpent S-1453a
$125.00
- 381-369 BC Macedonian Kingdom AE16 Coin
- Issued under the rule of Amyntas III, King of Macedonia (393-370 BC)
- Amyntas III was a paternal grandfather of Alexander the Great and is historically considered to be the founder of the unified Macedonian state
- Obverse features a bust Heracles wearing a lion's skin, facing right
- Heracles (Hercules) was the greatest of the Greek heroes, a paragon of masculinity, the ancestor of royal clans who claimed to be Heracleidae and a champion of the Olympian order against chthonic monsters
- Reverse depicts an eagle, standing right, holding and devouring a snake
- Struck from bronze
- Diameter: 15.5 mm
- Weight: 3.1 grams
- Condition: Ungraded; expected to grade as Very Fine (VF); rough reverse
- Catalog number: BMC#17, Cop#518.4.17, Lingren#1265, Sear#1453a
Reference Item # ANC-1293
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