2906 - Panticapaeum (drachma Dionysus/stag) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (https://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/11)

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2906

105 BCE - 90 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 644 - Panticapaeum (drachm) over Amisus.jpeg [1]

Location/history

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Dionysos right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Stag running right, thyrsus over shoulder.

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. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.114.11 g <br />4,110 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachm
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	http://bosporan-kingdom.com/196-3025/11.html, Reviewdetector.ru	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 164, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 100
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/panticapaeum.macdonald.2005.164

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:

Amisus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

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:

Additional data

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