3522 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Zeus/eagle) (Cambridge, FM, 7337)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3522

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, 7337
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	McClean collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In left field, monogram. In right field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Phanagoria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia

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. 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.866.86 g <br />6,860 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 17, S. W. Grose, Catalogue of the McClean Collection of Greek Coins. Volume III. Asia Minor, Farther Asia, Egypt, Africa, Chicago, 1979, p. 1, no. 7337 and pl. 249, no. 3.	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Callataÿ 20071Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 17, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 167
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phanagoria.macdonald.2005.176

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Zeus to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

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

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. 95 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:

tetrachalkon

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1227-31, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 245
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.15

Additional data

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