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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 5577930, member: 87809&quot;]Kassander’s most common type bears a horseman on the reverse. These coins were struck from 305 BC until the end of his reign and cover some fifty percent of Kassander’s bronzes.</p><p>The head of Heracles as an obverse is traditionally attributed to the Pella mint. The reverse of this issue pays homage to Philip II, who was still venerated in Macedonia.</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Unit, Pella (or Amphipolis) mint, 305 - 297 BC</p><p>17 x 19 mm, 6.323 g</p><p>SNG München 1003 var. (placement of T); SNG Alpha Bank 926; Sear 6754; SNG Copenhagen 1146;</p><p>Ob.: head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion headdress tied at neck.</p><p>Rev.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕ(ΩΣ) / KAΣΣA[ΝΔΡΟΥ], horseman riding right, r. arm extended in salute; Φ below horse, T behind raised foreleg, and star to outer right.</p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1241623[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241626[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Kassander’s first bronze issue has the head of Heracles wearing lion scalp on the obverse and a seated lion on the reverse with the inscription KAΣΣANΔΡOΥ without any indication of the royal title, and was issued before Kassander&#039;s assumption of the royal title in 305 BC.</p><p><br /></p><p>AE Half-unit</p><p>18 mm, 3.634 g</p><p>Pella or Amphipolis, ca. 317 - 305 BC</p><p>SNG Alpha Bank 883-7; SNG Copenhagen 1140; SNG München 991; Sear sg6753</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: head of Herakles right, wearing Nemean lion headdress</p><p style="text-align: center">Reverse: KAΣΣAN(Δ)ΡOΥ, lion reclining right; N in r. field.</p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]1241627[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1241628[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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