3339 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 332)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3339

47 BCE - 20 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 675 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo-Pegasus) over uncertain type.png

Overstruck variety

Sinope Zeus Eagle s overstruck.jpg [1]

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Marc Bar 332.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Pegasus grazing left. Border of dots

Mint and issuing power

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

Panticapaeum

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea)

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:

Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC), Bosporan kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 20 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC , Roman from 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: 6.036.03 g <br />6,030 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 332	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 218., SNG Brussels Marc Bar2SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 332, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 218, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 121
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.218

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Zeus r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣINΩΠΗΣ (Greek) Eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly l., head r., on thunderbolt

Mint and issuing power

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

Sinope

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Paphlagonia

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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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:	SNG BM Black Sea5SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1547, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 421
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sinope.waddington.1925.60

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
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