27784 - Natunia (AE Helios-Shamash/rider on dromedary) over Antioch (Antiochus VIII) (radiate head/eagle) (Leu Numismatik, 3, Oct. 2018, 123)
From SILVER
65 BCE - 30 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Leu Numismatik, 3, 27 Oct. 2018, 123 | |
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: 5.345.34 g <br />5,340 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).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 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.: | Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ (Greek) Eagle standing left, sceptre over shoulder, in outer left, monogram, in exergue, date and palm branch |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Antioch | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Antiochus VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC), Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 121 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 97 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: | HGC 93HGC 9, n° 1212, SC II4SC II, n° 2300.1h | ||
| 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: | strong |
| RemarksRemarks: | "This coin was overstruck on an earlier issue, probably a Seleukid bronze, with faint traces of the original legend visible in front of the dromedary" | ||
References
- ^ Seyrig, Henri (1955), "Trésor monétaire de Nisibe," Revue Numismatique, 5 (17), p. 85-122, pl. 1-2.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), "The camels of Natounia", Schweizerische Numismatiche Rundschau, 88, p. 161-165.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2009), Handbook of ancient Syrian coins : royal and civic issues, fourth to first centuries BC, The Handbook of Greek Coinage 9, Lancaster, lxix, 332 p.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine C. - Hoover, Oliver D. (2008), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 2, Seleucus IV through Antiochus XIII, 2 v., New York - Lancaster - London, (xxx), 120 p. of plates : ill., maps, tables
