3378 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 27)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3378

63 BCE - 49 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 667 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo-eagle) over Panticapaeum.jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Münzen und Medaillen, 20, 10 Oct. 2006, 27

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) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted, wings opened. In left field, monogram. In right field, star

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:

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.. 49 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: 16.6916.69 g <br />16,690 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA/A

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 214, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 111
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.187

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysus

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Bowcase

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 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 212, SNG BM Black Sea4SNG BM Black Sea, n° 946-8, SNG Stancomb5SNG Stancomb, n° 597-604, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 110
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: