21309 - Pontus (uncertain mint bowcase/star) over Aradus? (tyche/prow) (Aquila Numismatics, 4, Aug. 2022, 449)

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