3064 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 56)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3064


46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 699 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike-prow) over Amisus.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisos Zeus Eagle small.jpg [1]
Traces of the overstruck variety
699 Amisus (drawing).jpg
Location/history
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) : David MacDonald collection, n° 56

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Bust of Nike right. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow of galley left.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Panticapaeum Ancient regionAncient region. Bosporus Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) 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: Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC), Bosporan kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 46 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 43 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.827.82 g <br />7,820 mg <br /> AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: MacDonald 2009, p. 76, n° 56 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 225, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 962-3, SNG Stancomb3SNG Stancomb, n° 608, Callataÿ 20074Callataÿ 2007, p. 289, n° 19, MacDonald 20095MacDonald 2009, p. 76, n° 56, RPC I6RPC I, n° 1846
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath (visible: entire outline of head). ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: AMIΣOY (Greek) Eagle left on thunderbolt. In field, monogram (visible: portion of eagle's head ans wing, thunderbolt).
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 authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. : 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. 111 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. : tetrachalkon Nomisma.org
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study : SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1144-46, HGC 77HGC 7, n° 237
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
  2. a b  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Callataÿ, François de (2007), "La révision de la chronologie des bronzes de Mithridate Eupator et ses conséquences sur la datation des monnayages et des sites du Bosphore Cimmérien", in A. Bresson, A. Ivantchik and J.-L. Ferrary (ed.), Une Koinè pontique, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 271-308.
  5. ^  Macdonald, David (2009), Overstruck Greek coins: studies in Greek chronology and monetary theory, Whitman Publishing, Atlanta.
  6. ^  Amandry, Michel - Burnett, Andrew - Ripolles, Pere Pau (1998), Roman provincial coinage. I. From the death of Caesar to the death of Vitellius (44 BC-AC 69), London-Paris, 2 vol., xvii + 812 p., 195 pl.
  7. ^  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.