95 BCE - 85 BCE | AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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AMAΣ-TPΕΩΣ (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monogram.
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Mint and issuing power
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.. 85 BCE
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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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.747.74 g <br />7,740 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2222 mm <br />2.2 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Helmeted head of Ares r.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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(name of the city) (Greek) Sword in sheath
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Mint and issuing power
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.. 90 BCE
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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:
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SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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rare and concentrated
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Interesting overstrike over ‘helmeted head of Ares’ bronze probably from same mint as host (cf. SNG BM Black Sea 1311)"
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References
- ^ 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.
