3621 - Scotussa (AE Athena/horse) over Cassander (Heracles/rider) (Triton, XV, Jan. 2012, 753.1)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3621


300 BCE - 200 BCE | ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΙΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Triton_753_2.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
155.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Triton XV, 03 Jan. 2012, 753.1.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Ares or Athena right, in crested helmet. Border of dots. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣΚΟΤΟΥΣΙΩΝ (Greek) Bridled horse prancing right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Scotussa Ancient regionAncient region. Thessaly Modern countryModern country: Greece 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:
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 5.765.76 g <br />5,760 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: dichalkon Nomisma.org AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 20.520.5 mm <br />2.05 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1174694 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Edgar Rogers 19321Edgar Rogers 1932, n°546-7, HGC 42HGC 4, n°615
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Horseman right.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Macedonia (uncertain mint) 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. 305 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 297 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG Copenhagen 33SNG Copenhagen 3, n°1142
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "An overstrike that argues for these coins to be dated in the 3rd, rather than the 4th century BC"

References

  1. ^  Rogers, Edgar (1932), The copper coinage of Thessaly, London, iv, 199 p.
  2. ^  Hoover, Oliver D. (2014), Handbook of Greek Coinage Series 4. Northern and Central Greece : Achaia Phthiotis, Ainis, Magnesia, Malis, Oita, Perrhaibia, Thessaly, Akarnania, Aitolia, Lokris, Phokis, Boiotia, Euboia, Attica, Megaris and Corinthia, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, lxxi, 563 p.
  3. ^  SNG Copenhagen 3. Thessaly-Illyricum. Epirus-Acarnania. Aetolia-Euboea. Attica-Aegina. Corinth. Philiasia-Laconia. Argolis-Aegean Islands, Copenhagen, 1982.