21171 - Sinope (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Aegis/Nike) (USA, private coll.)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21170

100 BCE - 85 BCE | ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Sinope_private_3.jpg

Overstruck variety

Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Private coll. (USA)

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ (Greek) Eagle on thunderbolt three-quarter facing, spread wings.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Sinope

Ancient regionAncient region.

Paphlagonia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Pontic kingdom, Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.316.31 g <br />6,310 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1543-1549, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 421
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/sinope.waddington.1925.60

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Amisus

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context..

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ 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.