3125 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontus (Ares/sword) (London, BM, 1932-3-21.1)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3125

100 BCE - 85 BCE | ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 45 - Sinope over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, 1932,0321.1

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ (Greek) Eagle on thunderbolt three-quarter facing, spread wings.

Mint and issuing power

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

Sinope

Ancient regionAncient region.

Paphlagonia

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. 100 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: 7.737.73 g <br />7,730 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	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).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Sinope, no. 9), SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1545	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1543-1549, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 421
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sinope.waddington.1925.60

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ares wearing crested Corinthian helmet right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(name of the city) (Greek) Sword in sheath

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

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. 110 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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetrachalkon

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:	overstruck on ‘Ares/Sword’).

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.
^ 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.