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|Sale=Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 78, 17 Dec. 2020, 111 = Gorny & Mosch, Stuttgart Auction 1, 22-23 Nov. 2010, 146 | |||
|Private collection=From the William Stancomb Collection | |||
|Obverse description=Head of Mên right, wearing laureld Phrygian cap ornemented with six-rayed star and crescent | |||
|Reverse legend=ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN | |||
|Reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Reverse description=Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus. At his feet, panther. In field, monogram | |||
|Mint=Panticapaeum | |||
|Ancient region=Bosporus | |||
|Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom | |||
|Date from=91 BCE | |||
|Date to=70 BCE | |||
|Period=Hellenistic | |||
|Metal=Bronze | |||
|Weight=19.1 | |||
|Diameter=33 | |||
|Axis=12 | |||
|Coin series reference=Anokhin 1986, n° 201; MacDonald 2005, n° 170 ; SNG Pushkin I, n° 1198 ; HGC 7, n° 109 | |||
|Coin series web reference=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.170 | |||
|Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Athena right | |||
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek | |||
|Overstruck reverse description=Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet | |||
|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=105 BCE | |||
|Overstruck date to=85 BCE | |||
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic | |||
|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1166-1176 ; SNG Stancomb 683-4; HGC 7, n° 238 | |||
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.17 | |||
|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread | |||
|Level of confidence=sure | |||
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Revision as of 18:26, 6 July 2023
91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum_2510_Men_Dionysus_Stancomb.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma Numismatics, E-Sale 78, 17 Dec. 2020, 111 = Gorny & Mosch, Stuttgart Auction 1, 22-23 Nov. 2010, 146 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the William Stancomb Collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Mên right, wearing laureld Phrygian cap ornemented with six-rayed star and crescent | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus. At his feet, panther. In field, monogram |
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: | 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  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: 19.119.1 g <br />19,100 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).: 3333 mm <br />3.3 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 201, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 170, SNG Pushkin I3SNG Pushkin I, n° 1198, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 109 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (Greek) Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet |
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. 105 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
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea5SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1166-1176, SNG Stancomb 683-46SNG Stancomb 683-4, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 238 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
- ^ MacDonald, David (2005), An introduction to the history and coinage of the kingdom of the Bosporus : including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with "Apollonia" and "Myrmecium"), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia, and the kings of the Cimmerian Empire, Lancaster, Penn., London, Classical Numismatic Group, p. 152.
- ^ Kovalenko, Sergei A. (2011), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Russia : State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Leuven, Paris, Walpole, MA, Peeters, p. 192.
- 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.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ SNG Stancomb 683-4
