3741 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)

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46 BCE - 43 BCE | ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY

Images
Overstriking coin
SO 709 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus (AE Nike-prow) over Amisus.jpeg [1]
Overstruck variety
Amisus Aegis Nike.jpeg [2]
Location/history
Museum collection: London, British Museum, 1916-6-1.5

Overstriking coin

Description
Obverse: Bust of Nike right. Reverse: ΑΡΧΟΝΤΟΣ AΣΑΝΔΡΟY (Greek) Prow of galley left.
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: 6.846.84 g <br />6,840 mg <br /> Axis: 11 mm <br />0.1 cm <br />
Diameter: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />
References
Coin reference: Vanis 1916, SNG BM Black Sea, n° 963, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1916-0601-5 Coin series reference: "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Anokhin 1986, n° 225, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 962-3, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3RPC I, n° 1846
Coin series web reference:

Overstruck type

Description
Obverse: Aegis with head of Gorgon. Reverse: AMIΣOY (Greek) Nike advancing right, holding palm. In field, monograms.
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 105 BCE to 85 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.]]2SNG BM Black Sea, n° 1177-1191, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4HGC 7, n° 242
Coin series web reference overstruck:
Additional data

References

  1. ^  Anokhin, Vladilen Afanasʹevich (1986), Monetnoe delo Bospora, Kiev, Naukova dumka, p. 178, pl. 40.
  2. 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.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  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.