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

Metal: Bronze	Weight in grams: 8.118.11 g <br />8,110 mg <br />	Denomination: tetrachalkon	Axis: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
Diameter: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />

References

Coin reference:

Callataÿ 2007, p. 289 (Sinope, no. 8)

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, no. 1528-1530, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2HGC 7, n° 418

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Head of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder

Reverse:

Tripod

Mint and issuing power

Mint ^ᵖ:

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Pontus

Modern country:

Authority ^ᵖ:

Chronology

From 125 BCE to 100 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

Denomination ^ᵖ:

tetrachalkon

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, nos. 1139-1140, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3Hoover 2012, no. 240

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	rare and spread	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:	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