3083 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208)

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Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3083

95 BCE - 85 BCE | AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 40 - Amastris over Amisus.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Godwyn collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

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

Amastris

Ancient regionAncient region.

Paphlagonia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. 95 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.76.7 g <br />6,700 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1315-1318, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 361

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Ares r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(name of the city) (Greek) Sword in sheath

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. 110 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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetrachalkon

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

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

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+|Image overstruck variety=SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg
 |Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208
 |Private collection=Godwyn collection
 |Obverse description=Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.
-|Reverse legend=AMAΣTPΕΩΣ
+|Reverse legend=AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ
+|Reverse legend language=Greek
 |Reverse description=Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monogram.
 |Mint=Amastris
 |Ancient region=Paphlagonia
-|Date from=105
+|Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom
-|Date to=90
+|Date from=95 BCE
+|Date to=85 BCE
 |Period=Hellenistic
+|Metal=Bronze
 |Weight=6.7
-|Axis=12 h
+|Axis=12
-|Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 1315-1318;O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 361
+|Denomination=tetrachalkon
-|Overstruck obverse description=Ares.
+|Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1315-1318; HGC 7, n° 361
-|Overstruck reverse description=Sword.
+|Overstruck obverse description=Helmeted head of Ares r.
+|Overstruck reverse legend=(name of the city)
+|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
+|Overstruck reverse description=Sword in sheath
 |Overstruck mint=Amisus
 |Overstruck ancient region=Pontus
+|Overstruck authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom
+|Overstruck date from=110 BCE
+|Overstruck date to=90 BCE
+|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
+|Overstruck denomination=tetrachalkon
+|Coin series reference overstruck=SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147
+|Frequency of overstrikes=rare and spread
+|Level of confidence=sure
 }}