3353 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Zeus/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Solidus, 6, July 2015, 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3353

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Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Solidus 6 (19/07/2015), lot 27.

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 (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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

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: 4.434.43 g <br />4,430 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:

SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 294., HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1714

Overstruck type

Description

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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

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Additional data

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