3461 - Seuthopolis (Seuthes III) (AE Seuthes/rider) over Cassander (Heracles/lion) (Aeternitas Numismatics, Nov. 2018)

"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Sear I, n° 1725, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 3.2, n° 1713-1714

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress

Reverse:

ΚAΣΣAN (Greek) Lion couchant to right

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Pella

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Macedon

Modern country: Greece

Authority ^ᵖ:

Cassander (regent and king of Macedonia, 317-297 BC), Macedonian kingdom

Chronology

From 317 BCE to 305 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 3.1, n° 995
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/cassander.amng.iii.2.1-2

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:

References

^ Sear, David R. (1978), Greek coins and their values. Vol. I, Europe, London, xl, 316 p.
^ 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.
^ 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.