3086 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40990)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3086

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.40990
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	E. T. Newell collection

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.:

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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 46 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 43 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: 16.5316.53 g <br />16,530 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).: 2929 mm <br />2.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.40990	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	RPC I1RPC I, n° 1845, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 964
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 and star.

Mint and issuing power

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

Panticapaeum

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea)

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