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

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 27789

65 BCE - 30 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

Natunia_Hoover_6.jpg [file:///C:/Users/pc/Downloads/The_Camels_of_Natounia.pdf]

Overstruck variety

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	AGGC Benefit Auction, 17 Aug. 2008, 55

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.325.32 g <br />5,320 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:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/natunia hoover 2009 series 1

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:

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

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:	https://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.2300

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	frequent	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	strong
RemarksRemarks:	"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