3722 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007)
From SILVER
111 - 90 | AMIΣOY
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus.jpg
Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, CM.3628-2007 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Mossop collection |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMIΣOY (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Amisus | Ancient regionAncient region. | Pontus | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 111 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 | 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: 7.957.95 g <br />7,950 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Fr. de Callataÿ, "La révision de la chronologie des bronzes de Mithridate Eupator et ses conséquences sur la datation des monnayages et des sites du Bosphore Cimmérien", in A. Bresson, A. Ivantchik and J.-L. Ferrary (éd.), Une Koinè pontique, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 288 (Amisos, no. 4). | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 1177-1191, O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 242 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Ares. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Sword. |
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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | overstruck on ‘Ares/Sword’ | ||
