316 BCE - 305 BCE | ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group EA 406 (27/09/2017), lot 201; Rauch 73 (17/05/2004), lot 161.
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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Belgica Collection
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion reclining right. In right field, torch.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Pella
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Macedon
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Modern countryModern country: Greece
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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:
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Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 316 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.753.75 g <br />3,750 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 16.516.5 mm <br />1.65 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Horsman right.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- a b 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.
