21176 - Pharnaceia (AE Zeus/eagle) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (USA, private coll.)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 21176

95 BCE - 90 BCE | ΦAPNAKEIAΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

Pharnaceia_private_4.jpg

Overstruck variety

Amisos_Ares_Sword_SO25.jpg

Location/history


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

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Laureate head of Zeus r.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦAPNAKEIAΣ (Greek) Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt: in l. field, monogr. and star in r.

Mint and issuing power

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

Pharnaceia

Ancient regionAncient region.

Pontus

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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 95 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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: 7.947.94 g <br />7,940 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.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	HGC 71HGC 7, n° 421
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/pharnaceia.waddington.1925.4

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Ares right.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMI - ΣOV (Greek) Sword in sheath

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:

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

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 95 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetrachalkon

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147-9, HGC 71HGC 7, n° 241
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.29

Additional data

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

References

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.