SO 871 - Uncertain mint over uncertain mint
From SILVER
| ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 2002,0101.1733 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Ch. A. Hersh collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ Bow in bowcase and club. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Uncertain mint | Ancient regionAncient region. | Uncertain area | Modern countryModern country: unknown | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | 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: 3.933.93 g <br />3,930 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetradrachm | 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. |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Gaebler, Die Antiken Münzen von Makedonia und Paionia, 1935, no. 8 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, Sixth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 3, Lancaster-London, 2016, no. |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Macedonian shield. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the 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: | Price 2803 ?2Price 2803 ? |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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