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|Image overstriking coin=SO 441 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=SO 441 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg | ||
|Sale=Aegean Numismatics | |Image overstruck variety=Philip_II_bronze_Apollo_rider.jpg | ||
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2180638&AucID=5235&Lot=48 | |||
|Sale=Aegean Numismatics, 1 Dec. 2016, 29 | |||
|Obverse description=Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath. | |Obverse description=Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath. | ||
|Reverse legend=ΣΕΥΘΟΥ | |Reverse legend=ΣΕΥΘΟΥ | ||
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|Ancient region=Thrace | |Ancient region=Thrace | ||
|Authority=Seuthes III (king of the Odrysian kingdom, c. 331-300 BC) | |Authority=Seuthes III (king of the Odrysian kingdom, c. 331-300 BC) | ||
|Date from=309 BCE | |||
|Date to=275 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Bronze | |||
|Weight=4.21 | |Weight=4.21 | ||
|Diameter=19 | |Diameter=19 | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG | |Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1725; SNG Stancomb, n° 294 ; HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath (visible on obverse). | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath (visible on obverse). | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ | |Overstruck reverse legend=BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Naked youth riding horse right, holding reins (visible on reverse: legend) | |Overstruck reverse description=Naked youth riding horse right, holding reins (visible on reverse: legend) | ||
|Overstruck mint=Amphipolis | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC) | |Overstruck authority=Macedonian kingdom; Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC); Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC) | ||
|Overstruck date from=359 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=317 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Classical | |Overstruck period=Classical | ||
|Remarks=However, a more careful eye will note that the undertype is not a regular Philip II issue at all, but rather it is a satrapal bronze of Lysimachus | |Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 3.1, n° 882 | ||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.P5 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
|Remarks="However, a more careful eye will note that the undertype is not a regular Philip II issue at all, but rather it is a satrapal bronze of Lysimachus" | |||
}} | }} | ||
Latest revision as of 13:29, 17 November 2023
309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 441 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Philip_II_bronze_Apollo_rider.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Aegean Numismatics, 1 Dec. 2016, 29 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek) Horsman riding to right. Below, symbol. |
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. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.214.21 g <br />4,210 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Sear I1Sear I, n° 1725, SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 294, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo, wearing laurel wreath (visible on obverse). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ (Greek) Naked youth riding horse right, holding reins (visible on reverse: legend) |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Amphipolis | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: Greece | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Macedonian kingdom, Philip II (Argead king, 359-336 BC), Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC) |
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.. 317 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 882 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "However, a more careful eye will note that the undertype is not a regular Philip II issue at all, but rather it is a satrapal bronze of Lysimachus" | ||
References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
