18621 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Panticapaeum (Artemis/stag) (Paris, BnF, Seymour de Ricci, 1201)
From SILVER
90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Paris, BnF, Seymour de Ricci, 1201 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Seymour de Ricci coll., n° 1201 |
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) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms |
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: | 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. 90 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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: 6.846.84 g <br />6,840 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, 202a, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 171, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 120 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Stag lying left |
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: | 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. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 86 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: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 192, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 165, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 119 | ||
| 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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