3131 - Phanagoria (AE Artemis/stag) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Golenko 1964, 2)
From SILVER
90 BCE - 70 BCE | ΦΑΝΑ
Images
Overstruck variety
Amisus Ares.jpeg
Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Athenian Agora |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Artemis right, with quiver at shoulder. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΦΑΝΑ (Greek) Stag lying left. |
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Callataÿ 2007, p. 283, n° 15. Kroll 1993, 255, no. 852. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | MacDonald 20051MacDonald 2005, n° 166, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 166 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Ares right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | (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. 100 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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | tetrachalkon
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References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1147-9, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 241 | ||
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Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | strong |
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
