3195 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Waddell, LLD, 45542)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3195

317 BCE - 305 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 433 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Edward J. Waddell, LLD, lot 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	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:

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

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Lion resting right.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 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:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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.