3750 - Comana (AE Dionysus/thyrsus) over Pontus (Perseus/pilei) (New York, ANS, 1970.142.247)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3750

95 BCE - 85 BCE | KOMA-NΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 35 - Comana over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 35 - Comana over uncertain mint overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1970.142.247
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Stephens collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysus right, wearing mitra and ivy wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KOMA-NΩN (Greek) Thyrsus with fillet. In field, monograms.

Mint and issuing power

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

Comana

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. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.823.82 g <br />3,820 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, no. 7)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1264, Callataÿ 20072Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, no. 7), HGC 73HGC 7, n° 283

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bare-headed bust of Perseus right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(name of the city) (Greek) Cornucopiae between pilei surmounted by stars

Mint and issuing power

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

Amisus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

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. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

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.
^ 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.
^ 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.