3064 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 56)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3064

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 699 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike-prow) over Amisus.jpg

Overstruck variety

Traces of the overstruck variety

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 56

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Nike right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow of galley left.

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:

Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC), Bosporan kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 46 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 43 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: 7.827.82 g <br />7,820 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 76, n° 56	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 225, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 962-3, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, n° 608, Callataÿ 20074Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 19, MacDonald 20095MacDonald 2009, p. 76, n° 56, RPC I6RPC I, n° 1846
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1846

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: entire outline of head).

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMIΣOY (Greek) Eagle left on thunderbolt. In field, monogram (visible: portion of eagle's head ans wing, thunderbolt).

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. 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

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 Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1144-46, HGC 77HGC 7, n° 237
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.16

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks: