3293 - Amisus (AE Aegis/Nike) over Pontic type (Ares/sword) (Ebay Highrating-Lowprice, i14123)
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95 BCE - 85 BCE | AMIΣOY
Images
Overstriking coin
SO 30 - Amisus over Amisus.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
SO 25 - Amisus over Amisus overstruck variety.jpg
Location/history
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Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Aegis with Gorgoneion in centre. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | AMIΣOY (Greek) Nike advancing right, wearing chiton, holding wreath and palm. In field, monograms. |
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 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.
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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: 6.76.7 g <br />6,700 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1177-1191, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 242 | |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Obv: Helmeted head of Ares 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.
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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: | Hoover 20123Hoover 2012, no. 237 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and spread | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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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.
- ^ Hoover 2012
