90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum 2484 Leu.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 618
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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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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ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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: 5.805.8 g <br />5,800 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Aegis facing
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(Greek) Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch
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Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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tetrachalkon
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"This coin was overstruck on a bronze coin of Amisos with an aegis on the obverse and Nike on the reverse (HGC 7, 242)."
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References
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
- a b Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ MacDonald, David (2005), An introduction to the history and coinage of the kingdom of the Bosporus : including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with "Apollonia" and "Myrmecium"), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia, and the kings of the Cimmerian Empire, Lancaster, Penn., London, Classical Numismatic Group, p. 152.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
