Asander of Bosporus (Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom, 47-17 BC)

Mints

Asander, named Philocaesar Philoromaios (110 BC – 17 BC) was a Roman client king of the Bosporan Kingdom. He started his career as a general under Pharnaces II, and although not descendent of the Mithraditic Dynasty, he is among their line of kings in the Bosporus.

Die Studies

Item	Image	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	WeightCarter 1983 * Median weight * 20000 (*10 if gold or electrum)
Panticapaeum (Asander), gold, staters (44-16 BCE)		Gold	78,096 kg

Overstriking coins

Item	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety
18542 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Roma Numismatics, XVIII, Sept. 2019, 393)		Bronze	47 BC JL
3506 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over uncertain type (M&M, 20, Oct. 2006, 29)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18540 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 627)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18610 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204818)		Bronze	47 BC JL
3339 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 332)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18591 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Berlin, MK, 18204819 )		Bronze	47 BC JL
3664 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Gorny & Mosch, 181, Oct. 2009, 1182)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18557 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 629)		Bronze	47 BC JL
SO 701 - Uncertain mint in Bosporus (AE Nike/prow) over uncertain type (Paris, BnF, R 3028)		Bronze	47 BC JL
3740 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 9)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3448 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Zograph 1977, pl. 44, 8)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3536 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1923 – Russian lot)		Bronze	46 BC JL
2889 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40991)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3825 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3025 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (Ouvaroff coll., 443)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3042 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Auctiones, EA 23, Feb. 2014, 17)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3695 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (CNG, EA 132, Febr. 2006, 21)		Bronze	46 BC JL
709 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3628 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic type (Perseus/Pegasus) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3741 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916-6-1.5)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3307 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 57)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3789 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Brussels, KBR, Marc Bar coll., 335)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3568 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (Dorotheum, 461, Febr. 1992, 505)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3476 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 10)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3769 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (CNG, Webshop, April 2017)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3729 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 261, Aug. 2011, 75)		Bronze	46 BC JL
2979 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3845 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 89)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3716 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Chabacta (aegis/Nike) (MacDonald coll., 58)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3585 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (London, BM, 1878-3-1.233)		Bronze	46 BC JL
18447 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pontic bronze (aegis/Nike) (London, BM, 1916,0601.5)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3156 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Bosporus (uncertain mint) (Dionysus/bow case) (Peus, 368, Apr. 2001, 77)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3014 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (aegis/Nike) (Oxford, AM)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3086 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40990)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3385 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York, ANS, 1944.100.40989)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3040 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (CNG, EA 222, Nov. 2009, 151)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3862 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York, ANS 1944.100.40988)		Bronze	46 BC JL
2935 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Pontic bronze (Zeus/eagle) (Lindgren coll. n° A66A)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3763 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE - Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 607)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3627 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (Stancomb coll., 608)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3653 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (Zeus/eagle) (Paris, BnF, FG 90)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3088 - Panticapaeum (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (MacDonald coll., 59)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3631 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Pharnaceia (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 55)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3317 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over uncertain type (New York Sale, 9, Jan. 2005, 83)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3013 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Ares/sword) (Minns, pl. VI, n° 24)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3372 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Sinope (aegis/Nike) (Golenko 1964, pl. 1, 8)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3180 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Apollo/prow) over Panticapaeum (Apollo/eagle) (CNG, EA 335, Sept. 2014, 27)		Bronze	46 BC JL
3064 - Panticapaeum? (Asander) (AE Nike/prow) over Amisus (Zeus/eagle) (MacDonald coll., 56)		Bronze	46 BC JL

Overstruck coins

Item	Overstruck typeImage of the overstruck variety	MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.	DateIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.	Overstriking coinImage of the overstriking coin
18542 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Roma Numismatics, XVIII, Sept. 2019, 393)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18540 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Leu Numismatik, WA 25, March 2023, 627)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18521 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204820)		Bronze	47 BC JL
3664 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Gorny & Mosch, 181, Oct. 2009, 1182)		Bronze	47 BC JL
18610 - Panticapaeum (AE Apollo/Pegasus) over Panticapaeum? (Asander) (Nike/prow) (Berlin, MK, 18204818)		Bronze	47 BC JL

Asander of Bosporus

TypeType of authority. ᵖ	Person
Nomisma IDNomisma ID	asander_bosporus
Links	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q720863 https://www.freebase.com/m/03y7rkx https://ikmk.smb.museum/ndp/person/4183

Literature

• SNG BM Black Sea (44 mentions)
• RPC I (40 mentions)
• Anokhin 1986 (28 mentions)
• HGC 7 (13 mentions)
• MacDonald 2005 (9 mentions)
• SNG Stancomb (4 mentions)
• MacDonald 2009 (4 mentions)
• Golenko 1964 (3 mentions)
• Callataÿ 2007 (2 mentions)
• SNG Brussels Marc Bar (2 mentions)
• Kazamanova 1969 (1 mentions)
• Zograph 1977 (1 mentions)
• Nawotka 1991/1992 (1 mentions)
• RQEMH (1 mentions)