3701 - Sinope (AE Ares/sword) over Pontus (Artemis/tripod) (Winterthur, 2412)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3701

105 BCE - 90 BCE | ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ

Images

Overstriking coin

SO 44 - Sinope over uncertain mint.jpg

Overstruck variety

SO 44 - Sinope over uncertain mint overstruck variety.jpg

Location/history

Museum collectionMuseum collection:	Winterthur, 2412.	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Rollin & Feuardent (1911).

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Ares (?) right, wearing crested Attic helmet.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ΣΙΝΩ-ΠΗΣ (Greek) Sword in sheath.

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 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. 105 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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 8.118.11 g <br />8,110 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Sinope, no. 8)

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, no. 1528-1530, HGC 72HGC 7, n° 418

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Tripod

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ^ᵖ:

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern countryModern country:

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. 125 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 100 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ^ᵖ:

tetrachalkon

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

SNG BM Black Sea1SNG BM Black Sea, nos. 1139-1140, Hoover 20123Hoover 2012, no. 240

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	overstruck on “Apollo/Tripod”?

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.
^ 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.
^ Hoover 2012