3001 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE egale/thunderbolt) over uncertain type (Helios, 3, Apr. 2009, 21)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3001

305 BCE - 295 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 431 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Helios, 3, 29 Apr. 2009, 21

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Eagle right. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek) Thunderbolt.

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. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 295 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: 3.543.54 g <br />3,540 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Topalov 20031Topalov 2003, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1715

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:

References

^ Topalov, Stavri (2003), Ancient Thrace : contributions to the study of the early Thracian tribal coinage and it's relations to the coinage of the Odrysians and the Odrysian kingdom during 6th-4th. c. B.C, Sofia, Nasko-1701, 279 p.
^ 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.