3695 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 132, Febr. 2006, 21)

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SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3695


46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 681 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus (AE Asander or Apollo-prow-trident) over uncertain type.jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, EA 132, 1 Feb. 2006, 21

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Asander or Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow left and trident.
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 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: 17.1617.16 g <br />17,160 mg <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2727 mm <br />2.7 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: RPC I1RPC I, n° 1845, SNG BM Black Sea2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 964, MacDonald 20053MacDonald 2005, n° 193
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:

References

  1. ^  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.
  2. ^  Price, Martin J. (1993), Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume IX, British Museum, Part 1: The Black Sea, London, [132] p. : ill. ; 31 cm.
  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.