Bosporos: Asandros

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Events

Created

When	47-43 BC [About]
Where	Bosporus

Commissioned

Who	Asander (-0109--0016)

Owned

Who	Arthur Löbbecke (1850-1932)

Description

Front: Büste der geflügelten Nike nach r.
Rear: Schiffsbug (prora) nach l.
Overstruck: A coin or medal used as a flan to produce a new coin and that has been struck with a new die.

Inscription

Rückseite: [Α]ΡΧΟΝΤ[ΟΣ] / ΑΣΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Material/Technique

Bronze; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 22 mm
Weight: 7.05 g

Literature

D. MacDonald, An Introduction to the History of the Kingdom of the Bosporus (2005) 50 Nr. 194 (ca. 47-43 v. Chr.).
N. Frolova - S. Ireland, The Coinage of the Bosporan Kingdom. From the First Century BC to the Middle of the First Century AD (2002) 41-43 (Tetrachalkon, ca. Mitte 1. Jh. v. Chr.).
O. Hoover, The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series VII (2012) 52 Nr. 203 (ca. 49/8-44/3 v. Chr.).