309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
Overstriking coin
SO 444 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion crouching.jpeg
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Traces of the overstruck variety
444 Cassander (drawing).jpg
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek) Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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: 4.474.47 g <br />4,470 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: outline of Herakles' head, some internal details).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(KAΣΣΑΝ)ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, Δ (visible: portions of lion's body).
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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.