19206 - Phanagoria (AR Apollo/thyrsus) over Amisus (Athena/owl) (Roma Numismatics, EA 65, Dec. 2019, 153)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 19206


90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑΓΟ-ΡΙΤΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Phanagoria_2549_Roma.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amisos Hera Owl overstruck.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Roma Numismatics, EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, 153
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : From the William Stancomb Collection; Acquired from Philip Kinns, 1998

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Apollo right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΑΝΑΓΟ-ΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Phanagoria 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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.074.07 g <br />4,070 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma Nomisma.org 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).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> StandardStandard.: Attic
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 626, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 998, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 173, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 163
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Turreted bust of Hera-Tyche right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (Greek) Owl standing facing, with spread wind, on shield
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Amisus Ancient regionAncient region.  Pontus Modern countryModern country: Turkey AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 63 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. : drachma Nomisma.org StandardStandard. : Attic
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 74HGC 7, n° 233
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: sure
RemarksRemarks: "overstruck on a coin of Amisos"

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  3. ^  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.
  4. 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.