18559 - Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Nomos, Obolos 26, Dec. 2022, 237)
From SILVER
79 BCE - 65 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Nomos, Obolos 26, 18 Dec. 2022, 237 = Nomos, Obolos, 16, 11 Oct. 2020, 412 | |
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Vineyard Collection, acquired in Summer 2002 |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Wreathed head of Dionysos to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bow case, in left field, monogram |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Bosporus (uncertain mint) | 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: | 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. 79 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 12.4312.43 g <br />12,430 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 212, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 946-8, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, n° 597-604, MacDonald 20054MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 75HGC 7, n° 110 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Apollo right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKΠAITΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, monogram to left, star to right. |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Panticapaeum | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
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 ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | MacDonald 20054MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 75HGC 7, n° 111 | ||
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: | NB: important overstrike: need to reconsider chronologies |
References
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
- a b 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.