309 BCE - 275 BCE | ΣΕΥΘΟΥ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Male head (Zeus? Seuthes?) right, wearing laurel wreath.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΣΕΥΘΟΥ (Greek) Horsman (Seuthes?) riding to right. Below, star.
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 309 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 275 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: 4.54.5 g <br />4,500 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin:
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MacDonald 2009, p. 92, n° 68
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Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:
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Sear I1Sear I, n° 1725, SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 294, MacDonald 20093MacDonald 2009, p. 92, n° 68, HGC 3.24HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin (visible: Herakles' hair and profile to nose).
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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KAΣΣΑΝ(ΔΡΟΥ) (Greek) Lion crouching right. In field, Δ (visible: traces of lion's body).
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 317 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 305 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
References
- ^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
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