SO 633 - Panticapaeum (AE Poseidon/ram) over uncertain type (Delos, Ilot des Comédiens)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3260

109 BCE - 88 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

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Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Delos, Ilot des Comédiens.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Poseidon right, trident over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Ship's ram composed of three swords.

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:

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 109 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 88 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: c.18"c" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Foster - Hackens 1969, n° F411, Callataÿ 2007, p. 283	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 160, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 108
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.160

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Men.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Dionysos.

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Frolova - Ireland 20023Frolova - Ireland 2002, B-b2.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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