3086 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40990)
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46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.40990 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | E. T. Newell 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: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 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).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.40990 | 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.: | Laureate head of Apollo to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings spread and head to right, to left, monogram, to right, star |
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: | Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC), Bosporan kingdom |
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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 111 | ||
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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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