3109 - Amisus (AE Artemis/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes - Lille, 31691): Difference between revisions

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3109

110 BCE - 100 BCE | AMIΣOY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 31 - Amisus over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes (Lille), n° 31691

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Aretemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMIΣOY (Greek) Tripod.

Mint and issuing power

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

Amisus

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), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 110 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: 8.128.12 g <br />8,120 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1139-1140, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 240
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.19

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis with head of Gorgon

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(Greek) Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch

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:
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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck type: Aegis/Nike ? (FdC) Then: chronological problem

References

^ 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.

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 |Image overstriking coin=SO 31 - Amisus over uncertain mint.jpg
 |Image reference overstriking coin=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Greek-coins-Pont-Amisos-Bronze-/190979203767?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c773f62b7
-|Sale=Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes (Lille), no. 31691.
+|Image overstruck variety=Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg
+|Image reference overstruck variety=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.19
+|Sale=Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes (Lille), n° 31691
 |Obverse description=Head of Aretemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder.
 |Reverse legend=AMIΣOY
@@ Line 10: / Line 12: @@
 |Ancient region=Pontus
 |Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom
-|Date from=120 BCE
+|Date from=110 BCE
 |Date to=100 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
 |Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=8.12
-|Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1139-1140; HGC 7, n° 240
+|Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1139-1140; HGC 7, n° 240
+|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.19
+|Overstruck obverse description=Aegis with head of Gorgon
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch
+|Overstruck mint=Amisus
+|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus
+|Overstruck authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom
+|Overstruck date from=95 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=85 BCE
 |Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=tetrachalkon
+|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.42
 |Frequency of overstrikes=exceptional
-|Level of confidence=uncertain
+|Level of confidence=strong
-|Remarks=Overstruck type: Aegis/Nike ? (FdC)
+|Remarks=Overstruck type: Aegis/Nike ? (FdC) Then: chronological problem
 }}