18479 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Phanagoria (Artemis/stag) (Roma Numismatics, EA 68, Feb. 2020, 145)

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90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Phanagoria 2476 Roma.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Phanagoria artemsi stag overstruck.jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Roma Numismatics, EA 68, 27 Feb. 2020, 145

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath Reverse: ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monogram
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: 7.317.31 g <br />7,310 mg <br /> Denomination: tetrachalkon Nomisma.org Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2121 mm <br />2.1 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° 202a., "[[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° 937, "[[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: Bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder Reverse: ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Stag reclining left
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Phanagoria Ancient region ᵖ Bosporus Modern country: Russia Authority ᵖ: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 105 BCE to 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
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.]]3MacDonald 2005, p. 166/1, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 7, n° 166
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidence: sure
Remarks:

References

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