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|Mint=Amisus | |Mint=Amisus | ||
|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=95 BCE | |Date from=95 BCE | ||
|Date to=85 BCE | |Date to=85 BCE | ||
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|Overstruck mint=Amisus | |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 | ||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |Overstruck period=Hellenistic | ||
|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG BM Black Sea, nos. 1147-9; Hoover 2012, no. 241 | |Coin series reference overstruck=SNG BM Black Sea, nos. 1147-9; Hoover 2012, no. 241 | ||
|Frequency of overstrikes= | |Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread | ||
|Level of confidence= | |Level of confidence=sure | ||
|Remarks=overstruck on ‘Ares/Sword’. See also the non-illustrated bronzes (on undetermined types) in Ireland 2000 (Museum of Amasya), p. 22 (nr. 742 and 766) and p. 23 (nr. 839) | |Remarks=overstruck on ‘Ares/Sword’. See also the non-illustrated bronzes (on undetermined types) in Ireland 2000 (Museum of Amasya), p. 22 (nr. 742 and 766) and p. 23 (nr. 839) | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:08, 28 October 2023
95 BCE - 85 BCE | AMIΣOY
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus.jpg
Overstruck variety
SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg [Solidus Numismatik, 92, 25 January 2022, lot 116]
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Mossop collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMIΣOY (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms. |
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. 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: 7.957.95 g <br />7,950 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Tetrachalkon | |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Amisos, no. 4) | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1177-1191, Callataÿ 20072Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Amisos, no. 4), HGC 73HGC 7, n° 242 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Ares right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (name of the city) (Greek) Sword in sheath |
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: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, nos. 1147-9, Hoover 20124Hoover 2012, no. 241 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | overstruck on ‘Ares/Sword’. See also the non-illustrated bronzes (on undetermined types) in Ireland 2000 (Museum of Amasya), p. 22 (nr. 742 and 766) and p. 23 (nr. 839) | ||
References
- a b 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.
- ^ Hoover 2012
