21309 - Pontus (uncertain mint bowcase/star) over Aradus? (tyche/prow) (Aquila Numismatics, 4, Aug. 2022, 449)
From SILVER
130 BCE - 100 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Aquila Numismatics, 4, 19 August 2022, 449 = London Ancient Coins, VCoins.com 2022 | |
| Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Private coll. (USA) |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Quiver | Reverse: | Eight-pointed star |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Pontus (uncertain mint) | Ancient region | Pontus | Modern country: Turkey | Authority: | Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC) |
Chronology
| From 130 BCE to 100 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 7.607.6 g <br />7,600 mg <br /> | ||
| Diameter: 18.418.4 mm <br />1.84 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.]]1SNG Stancomb, n° 652, "[[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° 976, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 7, n° 311 | |
| Coin series web reference: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Bust of Tyche r., wearing turreted crown, palm behind | Reverse: | Poseidon seated l. on prow of galley, holding wreath and trident with Athena l. before, holding shield and spear |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint ᵖ: | Aradus | Ancient region ᵖ | Phoenicia | Modern country: Syria | Authority ᵖ: |
Chronology
| From 150 BCE to 50 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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Physical description
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.]]4Duyrat 2005, n° 2308-2351 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | exceptional | Level of confidence: | weak |
| Remarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
References
- ^ Sylloge nummorum graecorum. Great Britain. Volume 11, The William Stancomb Collection of coins of the Black Sea Region, Oxford, 2000, liii p. of plates, map ; 31 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
