3628 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic type (Perseus/Pegasus) (Oxford, AM)

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46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 686 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus (AE Asander or Apollo-prow-trident) over uncertain type.jpg
Overstruck variety
Amisos Perseus Pegasus overstruck.jpg [1]
Location/history
Museum collection: Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Private collection(s) ᵖ: A. J. Evans collection

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Head of Asander or Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath Reverse: ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow left and trident
Mint and issuing power
Mint: Panticapaeum Ancient region Bosporus Modern country: Russia (Crimea) Authority: Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC), Bosporan kingdom
Chronology
From 46 BCE to 43 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
Metal: Bronze Nomisma.org Weight in grams: 11.4111.41 g <br />11,410 mg <br /> Axis: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
Diameter: 2424 mm <br />2.4 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 964, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2RPC I, n° 1845
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Head of Perseus r., wearing Phrygian cap and chin strap Reverse: (Greek) Pegasos standing l., with head lowered, two monograms in exergue
Mint and issuing power
Mint ᵖ: Amisus Ancient region ᵖ Pontus Modern country: Turkey Authority ᵖ: Mithridates VI Eupator (king of the Pontic kingdom, c. 120-63 BC), Pontic kingdom
Chronology
From 85 BCE to 65 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org period
Physical description
References
Coin type reference ᵖ: "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1213, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 7, n° 239
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data

References

  1. 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.
  2. ^  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.
  3. ^  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.