3818 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Paris, BnF, FG 7)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3818

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Fonds général, n° 7

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod.

Mint and issuing power

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

Gorgippia

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: 6.736.73 g <br />6,730 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Fr. de Callataÿ, "La révision de la chronologie des bronzes de Mithridate Eupator et ses conséquences sur la datation des monnayages et des sites du Bosphore Cimmérien", in A. Bresson, A. Ivantchik and J.-L. Ferrary (éd.), Une Koinè pontique, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 289, no. 18., Golenko 1964, pl. 1, no. 5

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 179, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 11

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegid

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike advancing right

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:	HGC 72HGC 7, n° 417
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sinope.waddington.1925.65

Additional data

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