3423 - Pella (Cassander) (AE Heracles/lion) over Philip II (Apollo/rider) (Rauch, 73, May 2004, 161)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3423

316 BCE - 305 BCE | ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. Border of dots.

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

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.. 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	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.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Horsman right.

Mint and issuing power

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

Pella

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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

Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 359 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 336 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

HGC 3.11HGC 3.1, n° 882

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: