2979 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Oxford, AM)
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46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO 688 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus (AE Asander or Apollo-prow-trident) over uncertain type.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisos Zeus Eagle Large.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Oxford, Ashmolean Museum | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | O. Wardrop collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Asander or Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow left and trident. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Panticapaeum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | 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: | Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC), Bosporan kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 46 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 43 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: 18.6918.69 g <br />18,690 mg <br /> | ||
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2626 mm <br />2.6 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RPC I1RPC I, n° 1845, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 964 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Zeus. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Eagle. |
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: | 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 periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | |||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
