3448 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Zograph 1977, pl. 44, 8)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3448

46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 713 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus (AE Nike-prow) over uncertain type.jpg

Overstruck variety

Amisos Aegis Nike overstruck.jpg

Location/history

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}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:	Zograph 1977, pl. 44, n° 8	Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Zograph 19771Zograph 1977, pl. 44, n° 8, Anokhin 19862Anokhin 1986, n° 225, SNG BM Black Sea3SNG BM Black Sea, n° 962-3, RPC I4RPC I, n° 1846
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/1/1846

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Aegis with head of Gorgon.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike advancing right, holding palm.

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. 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

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/amisus.waddington.1925.42

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Zograph, A. N. (1977), Ancient coinage, 2 vol., Oxford, British Archaeological Reports, p. 169, pl. 421.
^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
^ Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
^ 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.