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|Sale=Leu Numismatik, EA 4 (24/06/2018), no. 218.
|Image overstriking coin=Gorgippia 625 Leu.jpg
|Obverse description=Bust of Mên to right, drapped, wearing laureate Phrygian cap decorated with star-on-crescent and additional stars.  
|Image overstruck variety=Amisos Zeus Eagle Large.jpg
|Sale=Leu Numismatik, EA 4, 24 June 2018, 218
|Obverse description=Bust of Mên to right, drapped, wearing laureate Phrygian cap decorated with star-on-crescent and additional stars.
|Reverse legend=ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ
|Reverse legend=ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ
|Reverse description=Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. At feet, panther.  
|Reverse legend language=Greek
|Reverse description=Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. At feet, panther.
|Mint=Gorgippia
|Mint=Gorgippia
|Ancient region=Bosporus
|Ancient region=Bosporus
|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=90
|Date from=91 BCE
|Date to=70
|Date to=70 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Period=Hellenistic
|Weight=16,65
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=16.65
|Diameter=32
|Diameter=32
|Axis=12 h
|Axis=12
|Coin series reference=MacDonald 178;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 10
|Coin series reference=HGC 7, n° 10
|Overstruck obverse description=Zeus.
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gorgippia.macdonald.2005.178
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle.
|Overstruck obverse description=Zeus
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle
|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=100 BCE
|Overstruck date to=85 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Coin series reference overstruck=HGC 7, n° 237
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.14
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and concentrated
|Level of confidence=strong
|Remarks="Traces of overstriking and with some adjustment"
}}
}}

Latest revision as of 06:41, 15 November 2023

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3418


91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Gorgippia 625 Leu.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisos Zeus Eagle Large.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Leu Numismatik, EA 4, 24 June 2018, 218

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Mên to right, drapped, wearing laureate Phrygian cap decorated with star-on-crescent and additional stars. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ (Greek) Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. At feet, panther.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Gorgippia Ancient regionAncient region. Bosporus Modern countryModern country: Russia 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. 91 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 71HGC 7, n° 10
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Zeus ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Eagle
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : HGC 71HGC 7, n° 237
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: strong
RemarksRemarks: "Traces of overstriking and with some adjustment"

References

  1. a b  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.