Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Dubai, Zurquieh, Ebay, April 2017)
From SILVER
250 BCE - 200 BCE
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Dubai, Zurquieh, Ebay seller, Dubai April, 2017 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Head of Athena in Corinthian helmet r. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | Nike standing l., holding wreath and scepter |
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 |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 250 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 200 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: 3.33.3 g <br />3,300 mg <br /> | ||
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1818 mm <br />1.8 cm <br /> |
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | Meshorer 19751 , Schmitt-Korte - Price 19942 , HGC 103 | |
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references: |
Overstruck type
Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: |
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: |
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
RemarksRemarks: | "Overstruck on uncertain, probably Ptolemaic, host." |
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.