26287 - Amisus (AE Ares/sword) over uncertain type (Savoca Numismatik, EA 128, March 2022, 54)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 26287

111 BCE - 90 BCE | AMI-ΣOY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Savoca Numismatik, EA 128, 20 March 2022, 54

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Ares right, wearing a crested Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMI-ΣOY (Greek) Sword in sheath

Mint and issuing power

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

Amisus

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Pontic kingdom, Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 111 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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: 8.378.37 g <br />8,370 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147-1165, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 241
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.29

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:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike