18440 - Gorgippia (AE Men/Dionysus) over Pontic type (Athena/Perseus) (info Ralph DeMarcos, jan. 2023)
From SILVER
91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Gorgippia 2473 DeMarcos.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisus Athena Perseus.jpeg [1]
Location/history
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Yound head right in diademed Phrygian helmet, six-rayed star and crescent above. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ (Greek) Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. At feet, panther. In field, monogram. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Gorgippia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia | 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: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 91 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | 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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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 617, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 10 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMI - ΣOY (Greek) Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Amisus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Pontus | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 72HGC 7, n° 238 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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