SO 479 - Cassope over uncertain mint
From SILVER
342 - 325KAΣΣΩΠAΙΩΝ
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group MBS 76 (12/09/2006), no. 350; Naville V (18/06/1923), no. 1810. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Chr. Morcom collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | KAΣΣΩΠAΙΩΝ Head of Aphrodite right, wearing ornate polos. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Dove flying left. Across field, ΠΟΛΥ (magistrate name). All within wreath. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Cassope | Ancient regionAncient region. | Epirus | 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. 342 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 325 | 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: 6,75",75" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 2 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Franke 11.1 (V9/R9), O. D. Hoover, Macedon, Part 1, no. 246 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Franke 19611Franke 1961, no. 5-65, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and its Neighbors. Part 1: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - TheHandbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. 246 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Pegasus flying right. |
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: | |||
