3083 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208)
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|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 | |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 |
Revision as of 19:03, 16 August 2022
105 - 90 | AMAΣTPΕΩΣ
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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.: | AMAΣTPΕΩΣ 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: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 105 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 | Hellenistic 323-30 BC ![]() |
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.76.7 g <br />6,700 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum1SNG BM Black Sea/Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, 1993, no. 1315-1318, O. D. Hoover2O. 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 |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Ares. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Sword. |
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: | ||
RemarksRemarks: |