SO 479 - Cassope over uncertain mint

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3655

342 BCE - 325 BCEKAΣΣΩΠAΙΩΝ | ΠΟΛΥ

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Overstriking coin

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Naville V, 18 June 1923, n°1810 = Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 76, 12 Sept. 2006, n°350
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Christopher Morcom Collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

KAΣΣΩΠAΙΩΝ Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ornate polos.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΟΛΥ (Greek) Dove flying left. Across field, ΠΟΛΥ (magistrate name). All within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Cassope

Ancient regionAncient region.

Epirus

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 342 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 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: 6.756.75 g <br />6,750 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).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=392172	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Franke 19611Franke 1961, n° 5-65, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n°246
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassope.franke 1961.kassope.ii

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Pegasus flying right.

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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"Overstruck on uncertain type. [...] On the reverse, the undertype of a Pegasos flying right is clearly visible."

References

^ Franke, Peter Robert (1961), Die antiken Münzen von Epirus. I : Poleis, Stämme und epirotischer Bund bis 27 v. Chr. Katalog und Untersuchungen, Wiesbaden
^ 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.