2935 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Lindgren coll. n° A66A)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2935

47 BCE - 17 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 691 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Lindgren collection n° A66A, pl. 107

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Asander or Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow left and trident.

Mint and issuing power

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

Uncertain mint

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: unknown

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:

Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 17 BCE

Hellenistic and Roman 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: 15.2315.23 g <br />15,230 mg <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Lindgren - Kovacs 1985, n° A66A (pl. 107).	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RPC I1RPC I, n° 1845
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1845

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Zeus.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Eagle.

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:

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:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.