40 BCE - 30 BCE | CAMOCATΩ ΠOΛEΩC
Overstriking coin
Samosata_Rauch, _95, _30_Sept._2014, _174_(inversé).jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Rauch, 95, 30 Sept. 2014, 176
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Eagle standing right, wings spread. Border of dots.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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CAMOCATΩ ΠOΛEΩC (Greek) Tyche seated right, on rock, holding a palm-branch in right hand. Border of dots.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Samosata
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Commagene
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Modern countryModern country: Syria
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 40 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 BCE
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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: 10.8910.89 g <br />10,890 mg <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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ΑΝΤΙΟΧΕΩΝ ΤΗΣ ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΕΩΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΕΡΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΣΥΛΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΟΥ (Greek) Zeus seated left, wearing himation, holding Nike and scepter
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Antioch
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Syria
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 47 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 18 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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strong
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"überprägt auf eine Bronzemünze aus Antiochia (Zeuskopf/thronender Zeus), ausgegeben wohl während der Belagerung der Stadt durch P. Ventidius Bassus und Marcus Antonius im Jahre 39/38 v. Chr."
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References
- ^ Nercessian, Yeghia T. (1995), Armenian Coins and Their Values, Armenian Numismatic Society Special Publication 8, Los Angeles.
- ^ Kovacs, Frank (2016), Armenian coinage in the classical period, Classical Numismatic Studies 10, Lancaster, 83 p.
- a b 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.
- ^ Wroth, Warwick William (1899), A Catalogue of the Greek coins in the British Museum. vol. XXI : Galatia, Cappadocia, and Syria, London, The Trustees, p. 341, pl. XXXVIII.
- ^ Butcher, Kevin (2004), Coinage in Roman Syria : Northern Syria, 64 BC-AD 253. London : Royal Numismatic Society.
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