2889 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40991)
From SILVER
46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | New York, American Numismatic Society, 1944.100.40991 | |
| 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 and Roman periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze 
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.8116.81 g <br />16,810 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).: 2828 mm <br />2.8 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 964, RPC I2RPC I, n° 1845 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Dionysus | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bowcase |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Bosporus (uncertain mint) | 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: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 79 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Anokhin 19863Anokhin 1986, n° 212, SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 946-8, SNG Stancomb4SNG Stancomb, n° 597-604, MacDonald 20055MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 76HGC 7, n° 110 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | weak |
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