3407 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over uncertain type (Rauch, 82, Apr. 2008, 61)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3407


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Images
Overstriking coin
SO 437 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Rauch 82 (23/04/2008), lot 61.

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 Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.424.42 g <br />4,420 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals1SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, n° 1072-1073 var., HGC 3.22HGC 3.2, n° 1714

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Pontus Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^ SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals 
  2. ^  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.