3741 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)
From SILVER
46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1916-6-1.5 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Nike right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow of galley left. |
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: 6.846.84 g <br />6,840 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Vanis 1916, SNG BM Black Sea, n° 963, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1916-0601-5 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 225, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 962-3, RPC I3RPC I, n° 1846 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Aegis with head of Gorgon. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMIΣOY (Greek) Nike advancing right, holding palm. In field, monograms. |
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. 105 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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1177-1191, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 242 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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