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

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|Sale=Rauch 82 (23/04/2008), no. 61.
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|Image overstriking coin=SO 437 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
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|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=210412&AucID=288&Lot=61
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|Sale=Rauch, 82, 23 Apr. 2008, 61
 
|Obverse description=Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath.
 
|Obverse description=Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath.
 
|Reverse legend=ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
 
|Reverse legend=ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
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|Reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Reverse description=Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
 
|Reverse description=Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
 
|Mint=Seuthopolis
 
|Mint=Seuthopolis
 
|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)
|Weight=4,42
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|Date from=309 BCE
|Coin series reference=SNG Copenhagen/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Royal Collection of coins and medals, Danish National Museum (43 vols), 1942-1979, no. 1072-1073 var.;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part II: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC - Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 3, Lancaster-London, 2017, no. 1714
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|Date to=275 BCE
|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus
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|Period=Hellenistic
|Overstruck authority=Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)?
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|Metal=Bronze
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|Weight=4.42
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|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1725; SNG Stancomb, n° 294 ; HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Remarks="Überprägungsspuren im Rv. (Löwenbronze des Lysimachos?)" (nb: likely to be Cassander = the head of lion)
 
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Latest revision as of 15:21, 17 November 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3407


309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 437 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Rauch, 82, 23 Apr. 2008, 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. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org 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: 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.: 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.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "Überprägungsspuren im Rv. (Löwenbronze des Lysimachos?)" (nb: likely to be Cassander = the head of lion)

References

  1. ^  Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
  2. ^  Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
  3. ^  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.