3420 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/20)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3420

105 BCE - 90 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 639 - Panticapaeum (drachm) over Amisus.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Amisos Hera Owl overstruck.jpg

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Stag running right, thyrsus over shoulder.

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), 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.. 90 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.743.74 g <br />3,740 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	http://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/20.html	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 164, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 100
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.164

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Hera left, wearing stephane, earring, and necklace

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΕΙΡΑ in exergue (Greek) Owl standing facing on shield, with wings spread

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 300 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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:

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

HGC 72HGC 7, n° 233

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: