3009 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo/tripod) over Phanagoria (Artemis/stag) (MacDonald coll., 53)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3009

90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑNAΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 722 - Phanagoria (AE Apollo-tripod) over Phanagoria.jpg

Overstruck variety

Phanagoria artemsi stag overstruck.jpg [1]

Traces of the overstruck variety

722 Phanagoria (drawing).jpg

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	David MacDonald collection, n° 53

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑNAΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Filleted thyrsos leaning against tripod. In field, monograms. In left field, monogram.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Phanagoria

Ancient regionAncient region.

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia

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:

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 90 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.646.64 g <br />6,640 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	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).: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	MacDonald 2009, p. 72-73, n° 53	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1007, MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 176, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 167
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phanagoria.macdonald.2005.176

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Artemis right, with bow and quiver over shoulder

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΦΑΝΑΓΟΡΙΤΩΝ (Greek) Stag reclining left

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Phanagoria

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Bosporus

Modern countryModern country: Russia

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ^ᵖ:

Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 105 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 85 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetrachalkon

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:	MacDonald 20052MacDonald 2005, n° 166/1, HGC 73HGC 7, n° 166
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/phanagoria.macdonald.2005.166

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and concentrated	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

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.
a b 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.
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.