Sinope

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 450

The mint at the ancient site of Sinope in Paphlagonia.

Die Studies

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Sinope?, silver, sigloi (480-430 BCE)	Silver	23,351 kg
Sinope (types of Alexander the Great), silver, tetradrachms (230-200 BCE)	Silver	2,045 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), silver, tetradrachms (120-85 BCE)	Silver	26,623 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), silver, drachms (96-94 BCE)	Silver	287 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), gold, staters (93-84 BCE)	Gold	23,001 kg
Sinope? (Mithridates Eupator), silver, tetradrachms (88-64 BCE)	Silver	37,488 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
23580 - "Sinope" (siglos eagle/incuse square) over uncertain type (Münzen & Medaillen, 36, May 2012, 338)	Silver	500 BC ^JL
23578 - "Sinope" (siglos eagle/incuse square) over uncertain type (Rauch, 117, Dec. 2023, 466)	Silver	425 BC ^JL
21179 - Sinope (AE Artemis/tripod) over uncertain type (USA, private coll.)	Bronze	110 BC ^JL
3701 - Sinope (AE Ares/sword) over Pontus (Artemis/tripod) (Winterthur, 2412)	Bronze	105 BC ^JL
3424 - Sinope (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Schulten, 20-22 Oct. 1987, 172)	Bronze	105 BC ^JL
21165 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)	Bronze	100 BC ^JL
21171 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)	Bronze	100 BC ^JL
3125 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontus (Ares/sword) (London, BM, 1932-3-21.1)	Bronze	100 BC ^JL
21168 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)	Bronze	100 BC ^JL
3546 - Sinope (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontus (Ares/sword) (Munich, MK, 9)	Bronze	95 BC ^JL
18980 - Sinope (tetradrachm) (Mithridates Eupator) over uncertain type (Nomos, obolos 8, Dec. 2017, 260)	Silver	74 BC ^JL

Overstruck coins

Item	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.
3111 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Saint Paul Antiques, 17, June 2018, 107)	Bronze	90 BC ^JL
1287 - Maroneia (tetradrachm Dionysus/Dionysus O34) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (Platt, Spring 1981 - Callataÿ 1991)	Silver	85 BC ^JL
1166 - Abydus (tetradrachm Artemis/eagle) over Mithridates Eupator (Mihtridates/stag) (Leu, 10, Oct. 2021, 2136)	Silver	85 BC ^JL
1212 - Byzantium (Lysimachus) (Alexander/Athena) over Mithridates Eupator (Mithridates/stag) (CNG, 93, May 2013, 101)	Silver	85 BC ^JL
18555 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 625)	Bronze	63 BC ^JL
3339 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 332)	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
18591 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Berlin, MK, 18204819 )	Bronze	47 BC ^JL
3653 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 90)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3585 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (London, BM, 1878-3-1.233)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
2935 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Lindgren coll. n° A66A)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL
3372 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 8)	Bronze	46 BC ^JL

Description

Nomisma IDNomisma ID	sinope
Definition:	The mint at the ancient site of Sinope in Paphlagonia.
Pleiades IDUnique ID of the Pleiades place resource	857321
Ancient regionAncient region.	Paphlagonia Nomisma: paphlagonia
Modern countryModern country	Turkey
CoordinatesGeographical coorindates	42° 1' 32.79" N, 35° 8' 34.93" E
Links	http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sinop,_Turkey https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/857321 http://collection.britishmuseum.org/id/place/x32284 http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7002620 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q599416

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