18553 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/tripod) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 618)

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90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum 2484 Leu.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 618
Private collection(s) ᵖ: From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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: 5.805.8 g <br />5,800 mg <br /> Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2222 mm <br />2.2 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: (Greek) 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 85 BCE to 65 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
Frequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: "This coin was overstruck on a bronze coin of Amisos with an aegis on the obverse and Nike on the reverse (HGC 7, 242)."

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.