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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= | |Date from=309 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=275 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
Revision as of 13:43, 3 June 2023
309 BCE - 275 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. 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: 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" (nb: wrong) | ||
