3476 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3476

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (?)

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 700 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike-prow) over uncertain type.jpg

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Nike right.

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

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Golenko 19641Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10, Anokhin 19862Anokhin 1986, n° 225., SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 962-3, RPC I4RPC I, n° 1846
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1846

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle.

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. 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.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sinope.waddington.1925.59

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	May be "Apollo/prow" (not "Nike/prow") on Panticapaeum "Apollo/eagle" (as the weight is not given)