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A bronze coin of Amyntas III showing Herakles, an eagle and a snake Coin Type: Bronze coin of Amyntas III of Macedonia, 393-370 BCE
Size and Weight: 14mm x 15mm, 2.88g
Obverse: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress.
Reverse: AMYNTA
Eagle right, wings closed, devouring a snake held in its talons.
Provenance: numismatiklanz (eBay), February 2010
Ref: GCV 1512; AMNG 7; SNG ANS 100; BMC 17
BW Ref: 001 048 154
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