2965 - Comana (AE Aegis/Nike) over uncertain type (Peus, May 1975, 201)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2965

95 BCE - 85 BCE | KOMA-NΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 33 - Comana over uncertain mint.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Peus, list 39, May 1975, n° 201

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

KOMA-NΩN (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms.

Mint and issuing power

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

Comana

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:

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. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Comana, no. 6)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1262-1263, Callataÿ 20072Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Comana, no. 6), HGC 73HGC 7, n° 281

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..

Hellenistic 323-30 BC 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:	overstruck on undetermined type (Ares/Sword?)