3159 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Panticapaeum (Artemis/stag) (Stancomb coll., 596)
From SILVER
90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 68, 27 Feb. 2020, 145 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Stancomb collection, n° 596 |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms. |
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: | 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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.317.31 g <br />7,310 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B | 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: | SNG Stancomb, n° 596. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 202a, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 171, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 120 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Stag lying left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Panticapaeum | 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. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 86 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 192, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 165, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 119 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- a b Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
- a b MacDonald, David (2005), An introduction to the history and coinage of the kingdom of the Bosporus : including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with "Apollonia" and "Myrmecium"), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia, and the kings of the Cimmerian Empire, Lancaster, Penn., London, Classical Numismatic Group, p. 152.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
