SO 635 - Panticapeum, Phanagoria or Gorgippia over uncertain mint
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Location/history
| Archaeological contextArchaeological context: | Sivas Hoard (CH IX, 542). |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Men (or Mithra ?) right. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Dionysos standing left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Panticapeum, Phanagoria or Gorgippia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Bosporus | Modern countryModern country: | 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: |
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.. | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: c. 17"c" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Fr. de Callataÿ, "La révision de la chronologie des bronzes de Mithridate Eupator et ses conséquences sur la datation des monnayages et des sites du Bosphore Cimmérien", in A. Bresson, A. Ivantchik and J.-L. Ferrary (éd.), Une Koinè pontique, Bordeaux, 2007, p. 283. | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | O. D. Hoover1O. D. Hoover, Handbook of Coins of Northern and Central Anatolia, Pontos, Paphlagonia, Bithynia, Phrygia, Galatia, Lykaonia, and Kappadokia (with Kolchis and the Kimmerian Bosporos), Fifth to First Centuries BC - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, Volume 7, Lancaster-London, 2012, no. 10, 109 or 165 (variety struck in 3 cities) |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Athena. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Perseus. |
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. 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 ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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References
- ^ O. D. Hoover
