219 BCE - 210 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend
Overstriking coin
SO 454 - Uncertain mint in Thrace over Mesembria.jpg
Overstruck variety
Mesembria_helmet_shield.jpg
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454 Mesembria (drawing).jpg
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΥΑΡΟΥ or corruption of the legend (Greek) Nike standing left, holding palm and wreath. In field, monogram.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Thrace (uncertain mint)
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria
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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:
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Cavarus (king of Thrace, 219-210 BCE)
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 219 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 210 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: 6.116.11 g <br />6,110 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1010 mm <br />1 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Helmet with cheek pieces right (visible: outline of top and back of helmet, part of cheek piece).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ME(TAMB)PIANΩΝ (Greek) Oval shield seen from inside (visible: most of shield).
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Mesembria
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Thrace
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Modern countryModern country: Bulgaria
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 215 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- a b Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
- ^ Karayotov, Ivan (2009), The coinage of Mesambria. Vol. II. Bronze coins of Mesambria, Burgas.
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