65 BCE - 30 BCE
Overstriking coin
Natunia_Hoover_6.jpg [file:///C:/Users/pc/Downloads/The_Camels_of_Natounia.pdf]
Overstruck variety
Antiochus VIII bronze eagle.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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AGGC Benefit Auction, 17 Aug. 2008, 55
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Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Radiate head of Helios-Shamash to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Rider on dromedary right, holding short rod in his extended right hand
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Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Natunia
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Adiabene
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Modern countryModern country: Iraq
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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. 65 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: 5.325.32 g <br />5,320 mg <br />
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2020 mm <br />2 cm <br />
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References
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Radiate and diademed head of Antiochos VIII to right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIOXOY - EΠIΦANOYΣ (Greek) Eagle standing left, sceptre over shoulder, in outer left, monogram, in exergue, date and palm branch
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Mint and issuing power
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
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
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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