3203 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 69)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3203

309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 444 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

Cassander lion crouching.jpeg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

444 Cassander (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 69

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek) Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Seuthopolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria

AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:

Seuthes III (king of the Odrysian kingdom, c. 331-300 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.474.47 g <br />4,470 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

MacDonald 2009, p. 92-93, n° 69

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

MacDonald 20091MacDonald 2009, p. 92-93, n° 69, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1714

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: outline of Herakles' head, some internal details).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(KAΣΣΑΝ)ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, Δ (visible: portions of lion's body).

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 995
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
^ Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.