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

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|Sale=Edward J. Waddell, LLD, no. 45542.
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|Image overstriking coin=SO 433 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
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|Image overstruck variety=Cassander lion.jpg
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|Sale=Edward J. Waddell, LLD, 45542.
 
|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)
|Date from=317
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|Date from=309 BCE
|Date to=305
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|Date to=275 BCE
|Weight=2,75
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|Period=Hellenistic
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|Metal=Bronze
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|Weight=2.75
 
|Diameter=19
 
|Diameter=19
|Coin series reference=SNG Stancomb/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, no. 294.;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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|Coin series reference=Sear I, n° 1725; SNG Stancomb, 294; HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714
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|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin.
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|Overstruck reverse legend=KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ
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|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion resting right.
 
|Overstruck reverse description=Lion resting right.
|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus
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|Overstruck mint=Pella
|Overstruck authority=Lysimachus (Macedonian officer, diadochus and king, c. 360-281 BC)
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|Overstruck ancient region=Macedon
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|Overstruck authority=Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC); Macedonian kingdom
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|Overstruck date from=317 BCE
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|Overstruck date to=305 BCE
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|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
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|Coin series reference overstruck=Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var.; HGC 3.1, n° 995
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|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2
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|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
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|Level of confidence=sure
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|Remarks="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" (nb: wrong)
 
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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3195


309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 433 - Seuthopolis over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
Cassander lion.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Edward J. Waddell, LLD, 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. 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: 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: 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.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: KAΣΣΑΝ-ΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Lion resting right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Pella Ancient regionAncient region.  Macedon Modern countryModern country: Greece AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom
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 Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Gaebler 19354Gaebler 1935, p. 176, n° 1-2 var., HGC 3.15HGC 3.1, n° 995
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
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" (nb: wrong)

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.
  4. ^  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
  5. ^  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.