3663 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 16)
From SILVER
63 BCE - 49 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO 668 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo-eagle) over Panticapaeum.png
Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group EA 335 (24/09/2014), lot 16. | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | European collection |
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) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted, wings opened. In left field, monogram. In right field, 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: | Bosporan kingdom, Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC) |
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.. 49 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: 15.7215.72 g <br />15,720 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination AA/A | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br /> |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2525 mm <br />2.5 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 214, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 111 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysos. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bowcase. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Bosporus (uncertain mint) | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | 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. 79 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.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 212, SNG BM Black Sea4SNG BM Black Sea, n° 946-8, SNG Stancomb5SNG Stancomb, n° 597-604, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 110 | ||
| 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: | sure |
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