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91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum_Classical_Numismatic_Group,_EA_564,_19_June_2024,_86.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Amisus Athena Perseus.jpeg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, EA 564, 19 June 2024, 86.
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From the CJR Collection.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Mên right, wearing laureld Phrygian cap ornemented with six-rayed star and crescent
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus. At his feet, panther. In field, monogram
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Mint and issuing power
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
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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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 18.2718.27 g <br />18,270 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 32.532.5 mm <br />3.25 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Helmeted head of Athena right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(Greek) Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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obol
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and spread
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"overstruck on Pontic issue of Helmeted head of Athena / Perseus standing type (cf. HGC 7, 238 [Amisos], 260 [Chabakta], 269 [Kabeira], 279 [Komana], 286 [Laodikeia], 292 [Pharnakeia], 299 [Sarbanisa], or 302 [Taulara])."
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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.
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.
