3062 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Paris, BnF, FG 18)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3062

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 628 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo-tripod) over Amastris? (aegis-Nike).png [1]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds général 18

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod.

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.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.546.54 g <br />6,540 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 16, https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb418307565	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1007, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 167, Callataÿ 20073Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 16, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 167
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phanagoria.macdonald.2005.176

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegid.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike.

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:

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.. 90 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:

tetrachalkon

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1315-8, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 361
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amastris.waddington.1925.17

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks: