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|Mint=Comana | |Mint=Comana | ||
|Ancient region=Pontus | |Ancient region=Pontus | ||
|Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC) | |Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom | ||
|Date from= | |Date from=95 BCE | ||
|Date to= | |Date to=85 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
|Metal=Bronze | |Metal=Bronze | ||
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|Diameter=18 | |Diameter=18 | ||
|Axis=12 h | |Axis=12 h | ||
|Coin reference=Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, | |Coin reference=Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, n° 7) | ||
|Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1264; Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, | |Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1264; Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, n° 7); HGC 7, n° 283 | ||
|Overstruck obverse description=Bare-headed bust of Perseus right | |Overstruck obverse description=Bare-headed bust of Perseus right | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend=(name of the city) | |Overstruck reverse legend=(name of the city) | ||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Overstruck reverse description=Cornucopiae between pilei surmounted by stars | |Overstruck reverse description=Cornucopiae between pilei surmounted by stars | ||
|Overstruck mint=Amisus | |||
|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus | |Overstruck ancient region=Pontus | ||
|Overstruck authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom | |||
|Overstruck date from=110 BCE | |Overstruck date from=110 BCE | ||
|Overstruck date to=90 BCE | |Overstruck date to=90 BCE | ||
Latest revision as of 21:23, 28 October 2023
95 BCE - 85 BCE | KOMA-NΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 36 - Comana over uncertain mint.jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 35 - Comana over uncertain mint overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.41396 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | E. T. Newell collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysus right, wearing mitra and ivy wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | KOMA-NΩN (Greek) Thyrsus with fillet. In field, monograms. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Comana | 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. 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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.63.6 g <br />3,600 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, n° 7) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1264, Callataÿ 20072Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Comana, n° 7), HGC 73HGC 7, n° 283 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bare-headed bust of Perseus right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (name of the city) (Greek) Cornucopiae between pilei surmounted by stars |
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. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
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.
- ^ Callataÿ, François de (2007), "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 (ed.), Une Koinè pontique, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 271-308.
- ^ 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.
