3646 - Chersonesus (drachma Artemis/stag) over Chersonesus (Artemis/Artemis) (BM, 1938-10-7.43)
From SILVER
110 BCE - 90 BCE | XEP
Images
Overstriking coin
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SO 599 - Chersonesos (AR trihemidrachm or siglos) over Chersonesus.png
Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | London, British Museum, 1938-10-7.43 | |
| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ: | Sir Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Artemis-Tyche right, wearing wall crown, at shoulder quiver and bow. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | XEP (Greek) Stag standing right. Below, ΔIOTIMOY (magistrate name). |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Chersonesus, Tauric | Ancient regionAncient region. | Taurica | 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: | 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
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.163.16 g <br />3,160 mg <br /> | DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> |
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | SNG BM Black Sea, n° 823 | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 823, Anokhin 20112Anokhin 2011, n° 807-9, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 2066 |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Laureate head of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over shoulder | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | XEP (Greek) Artemis advancing left, striking stag lying left with spear and holding bow |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Chersonesus, Tauric | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Taurica | Modern countryModern country: Russia (Crimea) | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 210 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, n° 790-795, HGC 3.23HGC 3.2, n° 2065 |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | rare and concentrated | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
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References
- 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.
- ^ Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (2011), Antique coins of the Northern Black Sea coastal region : catalog, Kiev, Izdatelʹskiĭ dom "Stilos", p. 326.
- a b Hoover, Oliver D. (2017), Handbook of Coins of Macedon and Its Neighbors. 3. Part 2: Thrace, Skythia, and Taurike, Sixth to First Centuries BC, Lancaster-London, xix, 232 p.
