3111 - Gorgippia (AE Apollo/tripod) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Saint Paul Antiques, 17, June 2018, 107)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3111

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

Gorgippia 724 Saint Paul.jpg

Overstruck variety

Sinope Aegis Nike.jpeg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Saint Paul Antiques (London), 17, 30 June 2018, 107

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Gorgippia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia

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. 90 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.677.67 g <br />7,670 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).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1536 var. (monogram), HGC 72HGC 7, n° 11

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike advancing right.

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:

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:

HGC 72HGC 7, 417.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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