3729 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 261, Aug. 2011, 75)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3729

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 680 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo-prow) over uncertain type.png

Overstruck variety

Panticapaeum Apollo eagle (overstruck).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 261, 3 Aug. 2011, 75

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 17.2717.27 g <br />17,270 mg <br />		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).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 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
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1845

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Panticapaeum

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea)

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Bosporan kingdom, Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 63 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 47 BCE

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

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 111

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: