28879 - Asia Minor (uncertain mint under Macedonian kings) (Cassander) (AE Athena/club) over Asia Minor (uncertain mint under Macedonian kings) (Philip III) (Macedonian shield/helmet) (CNG, EA 420, May 2018, 120)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 28879


305 BCE - 297 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Images
Overstriking coin
Cassander_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_420,_9_May_2018,_120.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Philip III Shield helmet 2.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Pecunem, 38, 6 Dec. 2015, 125 = Classical Numismatic Group, EA 420, 9 May 2018, 120
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Belgica 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 (Greek) Club and bow in bowcase
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Asia Minor (uncertain mint under Macedonian kings) Ancient regionAncient region. Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey 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), 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
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.553.55 g <br />3,550 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 17.517.5 mm <br />1.75 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Gaebler 19351Gaebler 1935, n° 8, HGC 3.12HGC 3.1, n° 962
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Macedonian shield ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Macedonian helmet
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Asia Minor (uncertain mint under Macedonian kings) Ancient regionAncient region.  Mysia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : Philipp III Arrhidaeus (Argead king, 323-317 BC), Macedonian kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 323 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 317 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : Price 19913Price 1991, n° 2803
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: "Overstruck on an earlier Macedonian shield / Macedonian helmet issue"

References

  1. ^  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
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  Price, Martin Jessop (1991), The Coinage in the Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus: a British Museum Catalogue, 2 vol., Zürich-London, 637 p., 637 p., clix pl.