3131 - Phanagoria (AE Artemis/stag) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Golenko 1964, 2)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3131

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑ

Images

Overstruck variety

Location/history


	Archaeological contextArchaeological context:	Athenian Agora

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Artemis right, with quiver at shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑΝΑ (Greek) Stag lying left.

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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2007, p. 283, n° 15. Kroll 1993, 255, no. 852.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 166, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 166
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phanagoria.macdonald.2005.166

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Ares right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Greek) Sword in sheath

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. 100 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

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 Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147-9, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 241
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.29

Additional data

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