3339 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 332)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3339


47 BCE - 20 BCE | ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 675 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo-Pegasus) over uncertain type.png
Overstruck variety
Sinope Zeus Eagle s overstruck.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collectionMuseum collection: Bruxelles, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, Marc Bar 332.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΠANTIKAΠAITΩN (Greek) Pegasus grazing left. Border of dots
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. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 20 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org, Roman from 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: 6.036.03 g <br />6,030 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: denomination B AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 332 Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Anokhin 19861Anokhin 1986, n° 218., SNG Brussels Marc Bar2SNG Brussels Marc Bar, n° 332, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 218, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 121
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Laureate head of Zeus r. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΣINΩΠΗΣ (Greek) Eagle with spread wings standing facing slightly l., head r., on thunderbolt
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Sinope Ancient regionAncient region.  Paphlagonia 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. 85 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 65 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 Sea5SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1547, HGC 74HGC 7, n° 421
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. ^  Bar, Marc (2007), Sylloge nummorum Graecorum. Belgique : La collection de bronzes grecs de Marc Bar, Brussels, Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, 276 p.
  3. ^  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.
  4. 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.
  5. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.