3203 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (MacDonald coll., 69)
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Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
Traces of the overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | David MacDonald collection |
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 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.474.47 g <br />4,470 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | MacDonald 2009, p. 92-93, n° 69 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 3.21HGC 3.2, n° 1714 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: outline of Herakles' head, some internal details). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (KAΣΣΑΝ)ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, Δ (visible: portions of lion's body). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Macedon | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 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
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Gaebler 19352Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ 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
