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|Image overstriking coin=SO 433 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg | |Image overstriking coin=SO 433 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg | ||
|Sale=Edward J. Waddell, LLD, | |Image overstruck variety=Cassander lion.jpg | ||
|Sale=Edward J. Waddell, LLD, 45542. | |||
|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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|Weight=2.75 | |Weight=2.75 | ||
|Diameter=19 | |Diameter=19 | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG Stancomb, n° 294 | |Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1725; SNG Stancomb, n° 294; HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion resting right. | |Overstruck reverse description=Lion resting right. | ||
|Overstruck ancient region= | |Overstruck mint=Pella | ||
|Overstruck authority= | |Overstruck ancient region=Macedon | ||
|Overstruck authority=Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC); Macedonian kingdom | |||
|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 | |||
|Remarks=There is a very clear impression of the under-type on the reverse which is the forepart of a lion from a bronze coin of Lysimachus. The under type must have been struck early in Lysimachus' reign based on the generally accepted dating for Seuthes' reign. | |Remarks=There is a very clear impression of the under-type on the reverse which is the forepart of a lion from a bronze coin of Lysimachus. The under type must have been struck early in Lysimachus' reign based on the generally accepted dating for Seuthes' reign. | ||
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Revision as of 12:50, 3 June 2023
317 BCE - 305 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 433 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Edward J. Waddell, LLD, 45542. | |
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. 317 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.
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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: 2.752.75 g <br />2,750 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 Herakles right, wearing lion skin. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion resting 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: | 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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Gaebler 19354Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.15HGC 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: | There is a very clear impression of the under-type on the reverse which is the forepart of a lion from a bronze coin of Lysimachus. The under type must have been struck early in Lysimachus' reign based on the generally accepted dating for Seuthes' reign. | ||
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.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
