2994 - Macedon (uncertain mint) (Cassander) (AE Athena/club & bowcase) over uncertain type (Heritage Auctions, Nov. 2021, 64040)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2994

316 BCE - 297 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 2158 - Uncertain mint under Cassander over uncertain mint.png

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Heritage Auctions, 24-25 Nov. 2021, 64040

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Club and bow in bowcase

Mint and issuing power

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

Macedonia (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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. 316 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 297 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: 3.893.89 g <br />3,890 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 997
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.7-8

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

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.