3109 - Amisus (AE Artemis/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes - Lille, 31691)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3109

120 BCE - 100 BCE | AMIΣOY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 31 - Amisus over uncertain mint.jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Ebay Comptoir des monnaies anciennes (Lille), no. 31691.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Aretemis right, wearing stephane, bow and quiver over shoulder.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMIΣOY (Greek) Tripod.

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. 120 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 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: 8.128.12 g <br />8,120 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1139-1140, Hoover 20122Hoover 2012, no. 240

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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..

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

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:	uncertain
RemarksRemarks:	Overstruck type: Aegis/Nike ? (FdC)

References

^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ Hoover 2012