SO 2125 - Pella or Amphipolis over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3236

317 BCE - 305 BCE | ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 2125 - Pella or Amphipolis over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 406 (27/09/2017), lot 201 ; Rauch 73 (17/05/2004), lot 161
	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Belgica collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion reclining right. In right field, torch.

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella or Amphipolis

Ancient regionAncient region.

Modern countryModern country:

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:

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

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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze , Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.753.75 g <br />3,750 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 16.516.5 mm <br />1.65 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 995

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo (visible on obverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horseman (visible on reverse)

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

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

References

^ 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.