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

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80 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦAPNAKEIAΣ

Images
Overstriking coin
Pharnaceia_private_4.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisos_Ares_Sword_SO25.jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s) ᵖ: Private coll. (USA)

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Laureate head of Zeus r. Reverse: ΦAPNAKEIAΣ (Greek) Eagle standing l. on thunderbolt: in l. field, monogr. and star in r.
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Pharnaceia Ancient region Pontus Modern country: Turkey Authority: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 80 BCE to 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 7.947.94 g <br />7,940 mg <br /> Denomination: tetrachalkon Nomisma.org 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.]]1HGC 7, n° 421
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Ares right. Reverse: AMI - ΣOV (Greek) Sword in sheath
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 110 BCE to 95 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° 1147-9, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1HGC 7, n° 241
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data

References

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