18840 - Panticapaeum (AE bull/grain ear) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/bow case) (Leu, WA 25, March 2023, 608)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18840

200 BCE - 150 BCE | ΠΑΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Panticapaeum head gorytus (overstruck).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 608
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.:

Head of a bull facing three-quarters to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΑΝ (Greek) Grain ear above plow right

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 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: 2.112.11 g <br />2,110 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 140, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 142
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.140

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Apollo right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΑΝ (Greek) Bow in gorytus

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 139, SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 920-2, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 141

Additional data

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