3418 - Gorgippia (AE Men/Dionysus) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, EA 4, June 2018, 218)
From SILVER
91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Gorgippia 625 Leu.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisos Zeus Eagle Large.jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 4, 24 June 2018, 218 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Mên to right, drapped, wearing laureate Phrygian cap decorated with star-on-crescent and additional stars. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΓΟΡΓΙΠΠΕΩΝ (Greek) Dionysos standing facing, head to left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsos. At feet, panther. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Gorgippia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia | 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), Pontic kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 91 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 BCE | 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 16.6516.65 g <br />16,650 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).: 3232 mm <br />3.2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | HGC 71HGC 7, n° 10 | |
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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: | 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: | 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 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: | HGC 71HGC 7, n° 237 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Traces of overstriking and with some adjustment" | ||
