2974 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Seleucid type (Laodice/elephant) (CNG, EA 228, 24 Feb. 2010, 155)
From SILVER
280 BCE - 72 BCE
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Classical Numismatic Group, EA 228, 24 Feb. 2010, 155 | |
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 |
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: 4.444.44 g <br />4,440 mg <br /> | AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 22 mm <br />0.2 cm <br /> | |
| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1919 mm <br />1.9 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.: | Veiled and diademed bust right of Laodike IV | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOΧOY (Greek) Horned elephant's head left |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ptolemais-Ake | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Syria | Modern countryModern country: Israel | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Seleucid Dynasty (312-63 BC), Seleucus IV Philopator (Seleucid king, 187-175 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 175 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 173 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: | SC I4SC I, n° 1477.2j, HGC 95HGC 9, 686 | ||
| 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 serrate Seleukid bronze (of Seleukos IV?)" | ||
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.
- ^ Houghton, Arthur - Lorber, Catharine (2002), Seleucid coins : a comprehensive catalogue. Part 1, Seleucus I through Antiochus III, New York - Lancaster - London, 2 v. (xxxviii, 488 p. + 300 p.), 101 pl.
- ^ 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.
