21309 - Pontus (uncertain mint bowcase/star) over Aradus? (tyche/prow) (Aquila Numismatics, 4, Aug. 2022, 449)
From SILVER
130 BCE - 100 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Aquila Numismatics, 4, 19 August 2022, 449 = London Ancient Coins, VCoins.com 2022 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Private coll. (USA) |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Quiver | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eight-pointed star |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Pontus (uncertain mint) | 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) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE | 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: 7.607.6 g <br />7,600 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 18.418.4 mm <br />1.84 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 652, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 976, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 311 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown, palm behind | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Poseidon seated l. on prow of galley, holding wreath and trident with Athena l. before, holding shield and spear |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Aradus | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Phoenicia | Modern countryModern country: Syria | 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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Duyrat 20054Duyrat 2005, n° 2308-2351 | ||
| 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: | weak |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
