18550 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/eagle) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Inasta, 14, Dec. 2005, 132)
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|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2161369&AucID=5204&Lot=69 | |Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=2161369&AucID=5204&Lot=69 | ||
− | |Sale=Inasta, 14,20 Dec. 2005, 132 | + | |Sale=Inasta, 14,20 Dec. 2005, 132 = Inasta 7, 28 March 2004, 1384 |
|Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath | |Obverse description=Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath | ||
|Reverse legend=ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN | |Reverse legend=ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN | ||
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|Mint=Panticapaeum | |Mint=Panticapaeum | ||
|Ancient region=Bosporus | |Ancient region=Bosporus | ||
− | |Authority=Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC) | + | |Authority=Bosporan kingdom; Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC) |
|Date from=63 BCE | |Date from=63 BCE | ||
|Date to=49 BCE | |Date to=49 BCE |
Revision as of 07:48, 3 July 2023
63 BCE - 49 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Inasta, 14,20 Dec. 2005, 132 = Inasta 7, 28 March 2004, 1384 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt, head reverted, wings opened. In left field, monogram. In right field, star |
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: | Bosporan kingdom, Pharnaces II of Pontus (king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 63-47 BC) |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 63 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 49 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze ![]() |
WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 14.514.5 g <br />14,500 mg <br /> | ||
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 214, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 111 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Dionysus | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Bow case |
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 ![]() |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 212, SNG BM Black Sea4SNG BM Black Sea, n° 946-8, SNG Stancomb5SNG Stancomb, n° 597-604, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 187, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 110 | ||
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Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
RemarksRemarks: |
References
- a b Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
- a b MacDonald, David (2005), An introduction to the history and coinage of the kingdom of the Bosporus : including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with "Apollonia" and "Myrmecium"), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia, and the kings of the Cimmerian Empire, Lancaster, Penn., London, Classical Numismatic Group, p. 152.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2012), Handbook of Greek Coinages. 7. Coins of northern and Central Anatolia - Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian bosporos), Lancaster, lxxxii, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.