SO 2125 - Pella or Amphipolis over uncertain mint
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− | |Weight=3 | + | |Weight=3.75 |
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|Axis=5 h | |Axis=5 h | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo (visible on obverse) | |Overstruck obverse description=Head of Apollo (visible on obverse) | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Horseman (visible on reverse) | |Overstruck reverse description=Horseman (visible on reverse) | ||
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317 - 305 | ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Images
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group EA 406 (27/09/2017), no. 201 ; Rauch 73 (17/05/2004), no. 161 | |
Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Belgica collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ Lion reclining right. In right field, torch. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Pella or Amphipolis | Ancient regionAncient region. | Modern countryModern country: | 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: | Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.753.75 g <br />3,750 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 5 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 16.516.5 mm <br />1.65 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo (visible on obverse) | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Horseman (visible on reverse) |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
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: |
References
- ^ 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.