3430 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Panticapaeum or Phanagoria (Artemis/stag) (MacDonald coll., 54)
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90 - 70 | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
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Location/history
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | D. MacDonald 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 Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms. |
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: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 | 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.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.547.54 g <br />7,540 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | D. MacDonald, Overstruck Greek Coins: Studies in Greek Chronology and Monetary Theory, Atlanta, 2009, p. 75, no. 54 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | MacDonald1MacDonald, no. 171, V. A. Anokhin2V. A. Anokhin, Монетное дело Боспора (The Coinage of Bosporus), Kiev, 1986, 202a., O. D. Hoover3O. 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. 120 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder (visible: top knot and part of hair). | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN or ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ Stag lying left (visible: antlers and part of stag's head). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Panticapaeum or Phanagoria | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bosporus | 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.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetrachalkon
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Anokhin 19864Anokhin 1986, no. 192 and 194. |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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