3366 - Petra (Nabataean kingdom) (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus or Alexander/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 6, Feb. 2014, 230)
From SILVER
280 BCE - 72 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | CNG, 243, 27 Oct. 2010, 167 = CNG, 268, 16 Nov. 2011, 147 = Roma Numismatics, EA 6, 22 Feb. 2014, 230 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nike advancing left, holding cornucopia and wreath. In left field, Λ. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Petra (Arabia) | Ancient regionAncient region. | Arabia | Modern countryModern country: Jordan | 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: | Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas II of Nabataea (king of the Nabatens, 103-96 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 72 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: 3.813.81 g <br />3,810 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> | |||
References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Meshorer 19751Meshorer 1975, n° 1-4, Schmitt-Korte - Price 19942Schmitt-Korte - Price 1994, n° 5-6, HGC 103HGC 10, n° 671 |
Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Alexandria | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Egypt | Modern countryModern country: Egypt | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 283 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 222 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: | Svoronos 1904-19084Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 793, CPE I5CPE I, n° B437 | ||
| 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: | sure |
| RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on a Ptolemaic bronze issue, likely Ptolemy II or III, with much of the undertype visible. The use of Ptolemaic bronzes as flans for early Nabataean coinage is well demonstrated by overstrikes. Interestingly, one often encounters a reversal of obverse and reverse of the undertype in relation to the overstrike, as can be seen on this example." | ||
References
- ^ Meshorer, Ya'akov (1975), Nabatean Coins, Qedem, Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology 3, Jerusalem, 111 p., 8 pl.
- ^ Schmitt-Korte, Karl - Price, Martin J. (1994), "Nabataean coinage. Part 3, The Nabataean monetary system", Numismatic Chronicle, 154, p. 67-131, pl. 10-12.
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
- ^ Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
- ^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.
