18591 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Berlin, MK, 18204819 )
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47 BCE - 20 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum 2490 Berlin.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Sinope Zeus Eagle s overstruck.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Berlin, MK, 18204819 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Pegasus grazing left. Border of dots |
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. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 20 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: 6.526.52 g <br />6,520 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).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 218., SNG Brussels Marc Bar2SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 332, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 218, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 121 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Zeus r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΣINΩΠΗΣ (Greek) Eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly l., head r., on thunderbolt |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Sinope | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Paphlagonia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetrachalkon
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea5SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1547, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 421 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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