18335 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Aegis/Nike (Naumann, 45, July 2016, 32)

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90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum 2472 Naumann.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Naumann, 45, 3 July 2016, 32

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath Reverse: ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Panticapaeum Ancient region Bosporus Modern country: Russia (Crimea) Authority: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 90 BCE to 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 5.645.64 g <br />5,640 mg <br />
Diameter: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Anokhin 1986, n° 202, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 940, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3MacDonald 2005, n° 171, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 7, n° 120
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Aegis facing Reverse: Nike advancing right with shouldered palm branch
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Amisus Ancient region ᵖ Pontus Modern country: Turkey Authority ᵖ: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 95 BCE to 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: tetrachalkon Nomisma.org
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1171-1190, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 7, n° 242
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
  2. 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.
  3. ^  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.
  4. 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.