26424 - Panticapaeum (AE Mên/Dionysos) over Pontic type (Athena/Perseus) (CNG, EA 564, June 2024, 86)

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91 BCE - 70 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
Panticapaeum_Classical_Numismatic_Group, _EA_564, _19_June_2024, _86.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amisus Athena Perseus.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s) ᵖ: Classical Numismatic Group, EA 564, 19 June 2024, 86.
Private collection(s) ᵖ: From the CJR Collection.

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Mên right, wearing laureld Phrygian cap ornemented with six-rayed star and crescent Reverse: ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Dionysos standing left, holding bunch of grapes and thyrsus. At his feet, panther. In field, monogram
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Panticapaeum Ancient region Bosporus Modern country: Russia (Crimea) Authority: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 91 BCE to 70 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 18.2718.27 g <br />18,270 mg <br /> Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 32.532.5 mm <br />3.25 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.]]1Anokhin 1986, n° 201, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2MacDonald 2005, n° 170, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3SNG Pushkin I, n° 1198, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 7, n° 109
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Helmeted head of Athena right Reverse: (Greek) Perseus standing left, holding harpa and head of Medusa, whose decapitated body lies at his feet
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 105 BCE to 85 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Denomination ᵖ: obol 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.]]5SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1166-1176, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]6SNG Stancomb, n° 683-4, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 7, n° 238
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikes: rare and spread Level of confidence: sure
Remarks: [[Remarks::"overstruck on Pontic issue of Helmeted head of Athena / Perseus standing type (cf. HGC 7, 238 [Amisos], 260 [Chabakta], 269 [Kabeira], 279 [Komana], 286 [Laodikeia], 292 [Pharnakeia], 299 [Sarbanisa], or 302 [Taulara])."]]

References

  1. ^  Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
  2. ^  MacDonald, David (2005), An introduction to the history and coinage of the kingdom of the Bosporus : including the coinage of Panticapaeum (with "Apollonia" and "Myrmecium"), Phanagoria, Gorgippia, Sindicus Limen or the Sindoi, Nymphaeum, Theodosia, and the kings of the Cimmerian Empire, Lancaster, Penn., London, Classical Numismatic Group, p. 152.
  3. ^  Kovalenko, Sergei A. (2011), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum Russia : State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Leuven, Paris, Walpole, MA, Peeters, p. 192.
  4. 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.
  5. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  6. ^  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.