3083 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208)
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+ | |Image overstriking coin=SO 40 - Amastris over Amisus.jpg | ||
+ | |Image overstruck variety=SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg | ||
|Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208 | |Museum collection=Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, 208 | ||
|Private collection=Godwyn collection | |Private collection=Godwyn collection | ||
|Obverse description=Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre. | |Obverse description=Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre. | ||
− | |Reverse legend= | + | |Reverse legend=AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ |
+ | |Reverse legend language=Greek | ||
|Reverse description=Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monogram. | |Reverse description=Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monogram. | ||
|Mint=Amastris | |Mint=Amastris | ||
|Ancient region=Paphlagonia | |Ancient region=Paphlagonia | ||
− | |Date from= | + | |Authority=Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC); Pontic kingdom |
− | |Date to= | + | |Date from=95 BCE |
+ | |Date to=85 BCE | ||
|Period=Hellenistic | |Period=Hellenistic | ||
− | |Weight=6 | + | |Metal=Bronze |
− | |Axis=12 | + | |Weight=6.7 |
− | |Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea | + | |Axis=12 |
− | |Overstruck obverse description=Ares. | + | |Denomination=tetrachalkon |
− | |Overstruck reverse description=Sword | + | |Coin series reference=SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1315-1318; HGC 7, n° 361 |
+ | |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 mint=Amisus | ||
|Overstruck ancient region=Pontus | |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 | ||
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Latest revision as of 23:30, 28 October 2023
95 BCE - 85 BCE | AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ
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 Sea1 , HGC 72 |
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 Sea1 |
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.