3865 - Petra (Nabataean kingdom) (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus or Alexander/eagle) (CNG, EA 183, March 2008, 80)
From SILVER
280 BCE - 72 BCE
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Location/history
| Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 183, 5 March 2008, 80 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. | Reverse: | Nike advancing left, holding cornucopia and wreath. In left field, Λ. |
Mint and issuing power
| Mint: | Petra (Arabia) | Ancient region | Arabia | Modern country: Jordan | Authority: | Nabataean Kingdom, Aretas II of Nabataea (king of the Nabatens, 103-96 BC) |
Chronology
| From 280 BCE to 72 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC  period
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Physical description
| Metal: Bronze
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Weight in grams: 3.623.62 g <br />3,620 mg <br /> | Axis: 55 mm <br />0.5 cm <br /> | |
| Diameter: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br /> | |||
References
| 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.]]1Meshorer 1975, n° 1-4, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]2Schmitt-Korte - Price 1994, n° 5-6, "[[Coin series reference" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]3HGC 10, n° 671 |
Overstruck type
Description
| Obverse: | Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. | Reverse: | ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle left. |
Mint and issuing power
Chronology
| From 283 BCE to 222 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 BC period
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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.]]4Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 793, "[[Coin series reference overstruck" contains a listed "[" character as part of the property label and has therefore been classified as invalid.]]5CPE I, n° B437 | ||
| Coin series web reference overstruck: | |||
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikes: | frequent | Level of confidence: | sure |
| Remarks: | "Overstruck on uncertain Ptolemaic coin" | ||
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.
