3522 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Cambridge, FM, 7337)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3522


90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ

Images
Overstruck variety
Amisos Zeus Eagle small.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 7337
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In left field, monogram. In right field, monogram.
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.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.866.86 g <br />6,860 mg <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 17, S. W. Grose, Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume III. Asia Minor, Farther Asia, Egypt, Africa, Chicago, 1979, p. 1, no. 7337 and pl. 249, no. 3. Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Callataÿ 20071Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 17, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 167
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Zeus to right ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: (Greek) Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt, to left, monogram
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. : 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. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 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. : tetrachalkon Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1227-31, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 245
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2007), "La révision de la chronologie des bronzes de Mithridate Eupator et ses conséquences sur la datation des monnayages et des sites du Bosphore Cimmérien", in A. Bresson, A. Ivantchik and J.-L. Ferrary (ed.), Une Koinè pontique, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 271-308.
  2. 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.
  3. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.