305 BCE - 297 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Numismad, 10, 6 Oct. 2023, 19
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΣΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ (Greek) Club and bow in bowcase
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.223.22 g <br />3,220 mg <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1717 mm <br />1.7 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Macedonian shield
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Macedonian helmet
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"...as overstriked on Macedonian shield type of Alexander the Great coin. This coin proves that the coin is not overstriked rather" (nb: strange comment)
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References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
