3180 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3180

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 683 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo-prow) over uncertain type.png

Overstruck variety

Panticapaeum Apollo eagle (overstruck).jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, EA 335, 24 Sept. 2014, 27
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	European collection

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 left and trident.

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: 16.3516.35 g <br />16,350 mg <br />		AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <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.:

Laureate head of Apollo right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKΠAITΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head right, monogram to left, star to right.

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:

Bosporan kingdom, Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 63 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 47 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:	MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 111
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.187

Additional data

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