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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21309

130 BCE - 100 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Pontus_21309_Aquila.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aradus_Tyche_prow.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Aquila Numismatics, 4, 19 August 2022, 449 = London Ancient Coins, VCoins.com 2022
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Private coll. (USA)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Quiver

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eight-pointed star

Mint and issuing power

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

Pontus (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 130 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 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: 7.607.6 g <br />7,600 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 18.418.4 mm <br />1.84 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG Stancomb1SNG Stancomb, n° 652, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 976, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 311
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pontus sng bm black sea 976

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown, palm behind

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Poseidon seated l. on prow of galley, holding wreath and trident with Athena l. before, holding shield and spear

Mint and issuing power

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

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Phoenicia

Modern countryModern country: Syria

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. 150 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 50 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	Duyrat 20054Duyrat 2005, n° 2308-2351
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.2237-2492

Additional data

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

References

^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ 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.
^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut

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 |Image overstriking coin=Pontus_21309_Aquila.jpg
 |Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2089009&AucID=4971&Lot=449
+|Image overstruck variety=Aradus_Tyche_prow.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1563311&AucID=3272&Lot=88
 |Sale=Aquila Numismatics, 4, 19 August 2022, 449 = London Ancient Coins, VCoins.com 2022
 |Private collection=Private coll. (USA)
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 |Coin series reference=SNG Stancomb, n° 652;  SNG BM Black Sea, n° 976; HGC 7, n° 311
 |Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pontus_sng_bm_black_sea_976
+|Overstruck obverse description=Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown; palm behind
+|Overstruck reverse description=Poseidon seated l. on prow of galley, holding wreath and trident with Athena l. before, holding shield and spear
+|Overstruck mint=Aradus
+|Overstruck ancient region=Phoenicia
+|Overstruck date from=150 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=50 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Coin series reference overstruck=Duyrat 2005, n° 2308-2351
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/aradus.duyrat.2005.2237-2492
 |Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
 |Level of confidence=weak
 |Remarks=nb: no mention of overstrike
 }}