18980 - Sinope (tetradrachm) (Mithridates Eupator) over uncertain type (Nomos, obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 260)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18980

74 BCE - 74 BCE | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Nomos, obolos 8, 2 Dec. 2017, 260
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the collection of W. F. Stoecklin, Amriswil, Switzerland, acquired from Hess in Luzern, FPL 1949-V, 39

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Diademed head of Mithradates VI to right, his hair streaming out behind

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΜΙΘΡΑΔΑΤΟΥ ΕΥΠΑΤΟΡΟΣ (Greek) Stag feeding to left, to left, star within crescent, to right and left monograms, ΓKΣ, Σ below stag and Θ below, all within ivy wreath

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Sinope

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 74 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 74 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 15.8215.82 g <br />15,820 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetradrachm	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).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Callataÿ 1997a1Callataÿ 1997a, different dies (June 74 BCE)
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/mithradates vi pontus.callatay.1997.idealized.dated

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"Some scratches and traces of overstriking"

References

^ Callataÿ, François de (1997), L'histoire des guerres mithridatiques vue par les monnaies, Numismatica Lovaniensia 18, Louvain-la-Neuve, XIII + 481 p. et 54 pl.