18487 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (aegis/Nike) (Berlin, MK, 18202144)

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90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ

Images
Overstriking coin
Phanagoria 2479 Berlin.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Berlin, MK, 18202144

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath Reverse: ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monogram
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Phanagoria Ancient region Bosporus Modern country: Russia 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: 7.847.84 g <br />7,840 mg <br /> 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.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1007, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 2005, n° 176, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 7, n° 167
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Aegis with gorgoneion Reverse: (Greek) Nike advancing right, holding wreath and palm branch
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Amisus Ancient region ᵖ Bosporus 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.]]4SNG Stancomb, n° 798, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1536-7, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 7, n° 498
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and concentrated Level of confidence: strong
Remarks:

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^  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.
  3. 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.
  4. ^  Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 cm.