27789 - Natunia (AE Helios-Shamash/rider on dromedary) over Antioch (Antiochus VIII) (radiate head/eagle) (AGGC Benefit Auction, Aug. 2008, 55 - Hoover 2009, 8)

Coin reference:		Coin series reference:	"[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]1Seyrig 1955, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Hoover 2009, p. 161
Coin series web reference:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/natunia hoover 2009 series 1

Overstruck type

Description

Obverse:

Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right

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

Mint ^ᵖ:

Antioch

Ancient region ^ᵖ

Syria

Modern country: Turkey

Authority ^ᵖ:

Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Antiochus VIII Grypus (Seleucid king, 121/0-97/6 BC)

Chronology

From 121 BCE to 97 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

period

Physical description

References

Coin type reference ^ᵖ:	"[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 9, n° 1212, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]4SC II, n° 2300.1h
Coin series web reference overstruck:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2300

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidence:	strong
Remarks:	"overstruck on a probable host coin of Antiochos VIII"

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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