18555 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 625)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 18555

63 BCE - 47 BCE | ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠ/ΑΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Panticapaeum 2485 Leu unique.jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Sinope Zeus Eagle s overstruck.jpg

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 625
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of laureate Apollo r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠΑΝΤΙΚΑΠ/ΑΙΤΩΝ (Greek) ripod, to right, monogram, behind, transverse thyrsos, above, star

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:

Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC), Bosporan kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 63 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 47 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 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: 8.008 g <br />8,000 mg <br />		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).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

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 Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1547, HGC 72HGC 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:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"countermark: ΣΙΝΩΠΗ in rectangular incuse" (nb: more likley an overstrike than a countermark)