19206 - Phanagoria (AR Apollo/thyrsus) over Amisus (Athena/owl) (Roma Numismatics, EA 65, Dec. 2019, 153)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 19206

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑΓΟ-ΡΙΤΩΝ

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Roma Numismatics, EA 65, 19 Dec. 2019, 153
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	From the William Stancomb Collection; Acquired from Philip Kinns, 1998

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Apollo right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑΝΑΓΟ-ΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Phanagoria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.074.07 g <br />4,070 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Attic

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 626, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 998, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 173, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 163
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phanagoria.macdonald.2005.173-4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Turreted bust of Hera-Tyche right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Greek) Owl standing facing, with spread wind, on shield

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Amisus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 63 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

drachma

StandardStandard. ^ᵖ:

Attic

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	HGC 74HGC 7, n° 233
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.9-10?lang=en

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:	"overstruck on a coin of Amisos"