3671 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (CNG, EA 203, Jan. 2009, 43)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3671


309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 445 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion crouching.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, 43

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) Horseman (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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.853.85 g <br />3,850 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=308892&AucID=552&Lot=43 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I1Sear I, n° 1725, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, Δ.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Pella Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : 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:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  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
  4. ^  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.