27778 - Natunia (AE Helios-Shamash/rider on dromedary) over uncertain Seleucid type (Leu Numismatik, EA 7, Feb. 2019, 569)
From SILVER
65 BCE - 30 BCE
Images
Overstriking coin
Natunia Leu Numismatik, EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, 569.jpg [1]
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, EA 7, 23 Feb. 2019, 569 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Radiate head of Helios-Shamash to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Rider on dromedary right, holding short rod in his extended right hand |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Natunia | Ancient regionAncient region. | Adiabene | Modern countryModern country: Iraq | 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. 65 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 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: 4.534.53 g <br />4,530 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Seyrig 19551Seyrig 1955, Hoover 20092Hoover 2009, p. 161 | |
| Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: | |||
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | 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: | frequent | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | |
| RemarksRemarks: | "This coin was overstruck on an earlier issue, probably a Seleukid bronze, with faint traces of the original legend visible behind the dromedary" | ||
