18840 - Panticapaeum (AE bull/grain ear) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/bow case) (Leu, WA 25, March 2023, 608)
From SILVER
200 BCE - 150 BCE | ΠΑΝ
Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum_2509_Leu.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
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Panticapaeum head gorytus (overstruck).jpg
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, WA 25, 11 March 2023, 608 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | From the Pontos Euxeinos Collection, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of a bull facing three-quarters to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΑΝ (Greek) Grain ear above plow right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Panticapaeum | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | 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: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 2.112.11 g <br />2,110 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 66 mm <br />0.6 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 140, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 142 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Apollo right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΑΝ (Greek) Bow in gorytus |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Panticapaeum | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 200 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 150 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 139, SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 920-2, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 141 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | |||
References
- 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.
- 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.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
