18557 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 629)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18557

47 BCE - 17 BCE | ΠANTIKA/ΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

Panticapaeum 2486 Leu apollo pprow panti.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 629
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Apollo to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKA/ΠAITΩN (Greek) Prow to left

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:

Bosporan kingdom, Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 17 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: 6.006 g <br />6,000 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 958, SNG Stancomb2SNG Stancomb, n° 613, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 220, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 129
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.220

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:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

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:

Additional data

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