3589 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1920-2-23.13)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3589

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

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Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	London, British Museum, MacKenzie 1920-2-23.13
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	MacKenzie 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.:

ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms.

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. 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: 7.707.7 g <br />7,700 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	SNG BM Black Sea, n° 939, pl. XXXV (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1920-0223-13)	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 202., SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 939, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 171, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 120
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.171.188

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country:

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. 85 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:	SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1171-1190, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 242
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.42

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
a b Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ MacDonald, David (2005), An introduction to the history and coinage of the kingdom of the Bosporus : including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with "Apollonia" and "Myrmecium"), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia, and the kings of the Cimmerian Empire, Lancaster, Penn., London, Classical Numismatic Group, p. 152.
a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.