24459 - Petra (Nabataean kingdom) (AE Athena/Nike) over Joppa (Ptolemy III) (Zeus/eagle) (VCoins, Shick Coins, April 2020)
From SILVER
246 BCE - 72 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
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Overstruck variety
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | VCoins, Shick Coins, April 2020 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Helmeted head of Athena to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Petra (Arabia) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Arabia | Modern countryModern country: Jordan | 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: | Aretas II of Nabataea (king of the Nabatens, 103-96 BC), Nabataean Kingdom |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 72 BCE | 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.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.374.37 g <br />4,370 mg <br /> | ||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Meshorer 19751Meshorer 1975, n° 1-4, Schmitt-Korte - Price 19942Schmitt-Korte - Price 1994, n° 5-6, HGC 103HGC 10, n° 671 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ around (Greek) Eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt, harpa to left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Joppa | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Samaria | Modern countryModern country: Israel | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 222 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Svoronos 1904-19084Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 819, CPE I5CPE I, n° B474 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Nabataean Kingdom. Areas lI or III. A 18 mm. Overstruck on rare Ptolemy III AE. Joppa mint. With harpa on left field." | ||
References
- ^ Meshorer, Ya'akov (1975), Nabatean Coins, Qedem, Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology 3, Jerusalem, 111 p., 8 pl.
- ^ Schmitt-Korte, Karl - Price, Martin J. (1994), "Nabataean coinage. Part 3, The Nabataean monetary system", Numismatic Chronicle, 154, p. 67-131, pl. 10-12.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
