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Æ17
| Issuer | Pydna |
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| Year | 381 BC - 369 BC |
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| Weight | 4.26 g |
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| Reverse description | An eagle depicted in right profile, wings partially raised, grasping a serpent in its talons and striking downward upon it in a dynamic predatory pose. The ethnic legend ΠYΔNAIΩN arcs around the design in Greek majuscule characters, identifying the issuing city of Pydna. The composition reflects a type commonly associated with Macedonian civic bronzes of the early fourth century BC. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Pydna's numismatic output from this period is sparse, which reflects the city's precarious political position more than any administrative oversight. The city fell to Macedon under Archelaus I in the late fifth century and spent the following decades in an uneasy relationship with the expanding Macedonian kingdom — this issue dates to the window before Philip II's consolidation made Pydna effectively a Macedonian city. It was finally seized outright by Philip in 357 BC after a siege, ending whatever remained of its civic independence.