3101 - Amastris (AE Aegis/Nike) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Amasya Museum, 78.2.20)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3101

95 BCE - 85 BCE | AMAΣTPΕΩΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 38 - Amastris over Amisus.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Amasya Museum, 78.2.20 (and 1488?).

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

AMAΣTPΕΩΣ (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm.

Mint and issuing power

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

Amastris

Ancient regionAncient region.

Paphlagonia

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:

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. 95 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

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 7.357.35 g <br />7,350 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).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2007, p. 288 (Amastris, no. 1)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1315-1318, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 361

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Ares wearing crested Corinthian helmet right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

(name of the city) (Greek) Sword in sheath

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:

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. 110 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 90 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:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147, Ireland 20003Ireland 2000, n° 1448

Additional data

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

References

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.
^ 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.
^ Ireland, Stanley (2000), Greek, Roman, and Byzantine coins in the Museum at Amasya (ancient Amaseia), Turkey, Royal Numismatic Society, special publication 33 ; British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, monograph 27, London, viii, 124 p., [61] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 31 cm