23039 - Apollonia Pontica (drachma anchor/Gorgon) over uncertain type (Rauch, MBS 9, Sept. 2005 154)
From SILVER
450 BCE - 400 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Apollonia_Pontica_Rauch_sept._2005_154.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Rauch, MBS 9, 23 Sept. 2005, 154 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Anchor, crayfish to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Facing Gorgoneion |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Apollonia Pontica | Ancient regionAncient region. | Thrace | Modern countryModern country: Greece | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE | Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.573.57 g <br />3,570 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 153-157, Topalov 20072Topalov 2007, n° 44, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 1323 |
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: | "Überprägung" | ||
References
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Topalov, Stavri (2007), Apollonia Pontica : contribution to the study of the coin minting of the city 6th-1st c. B.C., Sofia, Nasko-1701, 2 v., p. 843.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.
