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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group EA 203 (28/01/2009), no. 43.
|Image overstriking coin=SO 445 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=308892&AucID=552&Lot=43
|Image overstruck variety=Cassander lion crouching.jpeg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=68867&AucID=74&Lot=83
|Sale=Classical Numismatic Group, EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, 43
|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
|Reverse description=Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Horseman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
|Mint=Seuthopolis
|Mint=Seuthopolis
|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=3.85
|Weight=3.85
|Diameter=20
|Diameter=20
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 1072-3.;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. 1714
|Coin reference=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=308892&AucID=552&Lot=43
|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1725; HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
|Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion crouching right. In field, Δ.
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion crouching right. In field, Δ.
|Overstruck mint=Pella
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
|Overstruck authority=Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC)
|Overstruck authority=Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC); Macedonian kingdom
|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler, AMNG, vol. 3, part 2, p. 176, no. 1-2 var.
|Overstruck date from=317 BCE
|Overstruck date to=305 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var.; HGC 3.1, n° 995
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 13:15, 17 November 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3671


309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 445 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion crouching.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 203, 28 Jan. 2009, 43

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) Horseman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.853.85 g <br />3,850 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=308892&AucID=552&Lot=43 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Sear I1Sear I, n° 1725, HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, Δ.
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19353Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.14HGC 3.1, n° 995
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:

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Gaebler, Hugo (1935), Die antiken Münzen Nord-Griechenlands, unter Leitung von Theodor Wiegand. Band III, Makedonia und Paionia. 2. Abt., Verlag W. de Gruyter, Berlin
  4. ^  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.