3156 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Peus, 368, Apr. 2001, 77)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3156

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Gorgippia Dionysus bowcase overstruck.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Peus, 368, 25 Apr. 2001, 77

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asander or Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

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: 16.0816.08 g <br />16,080 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 964, RPC I2RPC I, n° 1845
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1845

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ivy-wreathed head of Dionysos to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bow in bowcase and quiver, monogram to left

Mint and issuing power

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

Bosporus (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea)

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. 79 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Anokhin 19863Anokhin 1986, n° 1287-1294, SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 946, MacDonald 20054MacDonald 2005, n° 180, HGC 75HGC 7, n° 110
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.anokhin.1986.212

Additional data

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