3331 - Panticapaeum (AE Mên/Dionysos) over Amisus (Athena/Perseus) (Moscow, Pushkin Museum, 1198)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3331

91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Moscow, Pushkin Musem, 1198.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Mên right, wearing laureld Phrygian cap ornemented with six-rayed star and crescent

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus. At his feet, panther. In field, monogram

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. 91 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	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 19.1519.15 g <br />19,150 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA/A	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:	Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 3.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 201, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 170, SNG Pushkin I3SNG Pushkin I, n° 1198, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 109
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.170

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Athena right, wearing helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Greek) Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet

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. 105 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:

obol

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG BM Black Sea5SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1166-1176, SNG Stancomb6SNG Stancomb, n° 683-4, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 238
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.17

Additional data

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