3119 - Judaea (uncertain mint) (Bar Kokhba) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Hendin 1993)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3119

132 BCE - 134 BCE'Jerusalem' | 'Year two of the redemption of Israel'

Images

Overstriking coin

Bar_Kokba_over_Ptolemy.jpg

Overstruck variety

Ptolemy_Bar_Kokhba.jpg [1]

Location/history


Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ^ᵖ:	Hendin 1993

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

'Jerusalem' (Paleo-Hebrew) Seven-branched palm tree with two bunches of dates

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

'Year two of the redemption of Israel' (Paleo-Hebrew) Bunch of grapes with branch and small leaf

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Judaea (uncertain mint)

Ancient regionAncient region.

Judaea

Modern countryModern country: Israel

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:

Simon bar Kokhba (military leader and king of Judea, 132-135 CE)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 132 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 134 BCE

Roman ^{from 30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Hendin 1993

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Mildenberg 19841Mildenberg 1984, Hendin 19932Hendin 1993

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle on thunderbolt left. In field, club.

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)

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.. 160 BCE

Hellenistic ^{323-30 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

CPE I3CPE I

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:	exceptional	Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:	sure
RemarksRemarks:

References

^ Mildenberg, Leo (1984), The Coinage of the Bar Kokhba War, Typos VI, Aarau, Verlag Sauerländer, 396 p.
^ Hendin, David (1993), "Kochba bronze struck over Ptolemaic coin", The Celator 7 (9), p. 16.
^ Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.