18555 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 625)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 18555


63 BCE - 47 BCE | ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠ/ΑΙΤΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum 2485 Leu unique.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Sinope Zeus Eagle s overstruck.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 625
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of laureate Apollo r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠ/ΑΙΤΩΝ (Greek) ripod, to right, monogram, behind, transverse thyrsos, above, star
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Panticapaeum Ancient regionAncient region. Bosporus Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) 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: Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC), Bosporan kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 63 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 47 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.008 g <br />8,000 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Zeus r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣINΩΠΗΣ (Greek) Eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly l., head r., on thunderbolt
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Sinope Ancient regionAncient region.  Paphlagonia Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetrachalkon Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1547, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 421
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: exceptional Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "countermark: ΣΙΝΩΠΗ in rectangular incuse" (nb: more likley an overstrike than a countermark)

References

  1. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  2. ^  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.