24131 - Amisus (Lucullus) (drachm Perseus/Aegis) over Amisus (Hera/owl) (Savoca, Silver Auction 193, Jan. 2024, 48)
From SILVER
71 BCE - 70 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Amisus_Savoca, _Silver_Auction_193, _28_Jan._2024, _48.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisus_drachm.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Savoca, Silver Auction 193, 28 Jan. 2024, 48 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Bust of Perseus to right, with harpa over shoulder | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Aegis with facing gorgoneion, monogram to right |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Amisus | 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: | Lucullus, Roman Republic, 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. 71 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 70 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.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.683.68 g <br />3,680 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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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).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> | StandardStandard.: Attic | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | RGAM1RGAM, p. 62, n° 12, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1127-8, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 235 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Turreted head of Tyche-Hera right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Owl, with wings spread, standing facing on shield, monogram to inner right |
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: | Pontic kingdom |
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.. 125 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | drachma
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | HGC 73HGC 7, n° 233 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | nb: no mention of overstrike | ||
References
- ^ Waddington, William Henry - Babelon, Ernest - Reinach, Théodore (1904-1912), Recueil général des monnaies grecques d'Asie Mineure, Paris, E. Leroux.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
- 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.
