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Tetrachalkon - Amyntas III Aigai or Pella mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Macedonia |
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| Year | 381 BC - 369 BC |
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| Weight | 4.27 g |
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| Obverse description | Helmeted head of Herakles facing right, wearing the Corinthian helmet pushed back on the head, with curling locks of hair visible below the cheekpiece. The effigy is rendered in low relief in the archaic-to-early classical Macedonian style, with bold facial features and a strong profile. The field is plain and unlettered. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, characteristic of early Macedonian bronze coinage. |
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| Mint | Aigai or Pella |
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Amyntas III had one of the most turbulent reigns in Macedonian history before Philip II and Alexander overshadowed it entirely. He was expelled from his kingdom twice — once by the Illyrians under Bardylis, once by the Thessalian Aleuadai — and spent portions of his reign ruling only a fraction of Macedonian territory. Bronze coinage from his reign is relatively scarce, which likely reflects the disrupted administrative conditions rather than any deliberate policy.
The attribution to either Aigai or Pella reflects ongoing scholarly uncertainty about when Pella superseded the ancient ceremonial capital as the primary mint.