3508 - Apollonia Pontica (drachma anchor/Gorgon) over uncertain type (Pecunem, 11, Dec. 2013, 42)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3508

450 BCE - 400 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Apollonia_Pontica, _Pecunem_(Gitbud_&_Naumann), _11, _29_Dec._2013, _42.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Pecunem (Gitbud & Naumann), 11, 29 Dec. 2013, 42

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Anchor, crayfish to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Facing Gorgoneion

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Apollonia Pontica

Ancient regionAncient region.

Thrace

Modern countryModern country: Greece

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:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 400 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.33.3 g <br />3,300 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 153-157, Topalov 20072Topalov 2007, n° 44, HGC 3.13HGC 3.1, n° 1323

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Chronology

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

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	nb: no mention of overstrike

References

^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ Topalov, Stavri (2007), Apollonia Pontica : contribution to the study of the coin minting of the city 6th-1st c. B.C., Sofia, Nasko-1701, 2 v., p. 843.
^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2016), Handbook of coins of Macedon and its neighbors. 3. Part I: Macedon, Illyria, and Epeiros, sixth to first centuries BC, Lancaster, 437 p.