375 BCE - 332 BCE | "S"( Aramaic shin)
Overstruck variety
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 84, 05 May 2010, 708.
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Two confronted male heads, the left bearded, each wearing headdress in form of lion forepart.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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"S"( Aramaic shin) Bearded head right, wearing headdress in form of lion forepart.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Samaria
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Samaria
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Modern countryModern country: Palestine
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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:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 375 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.323.32 g <br />3,320 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma
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AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />
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StandardStandard.: Samarian
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Male head right, bearded.
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Double Bes head joined at the mouth.
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Philistia
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Modern countryModern country:
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 331 BCE
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Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:
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drachma
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References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"Second, and most important, is the fact that this coin is clearly struck over a Philistian drachm, which helps to establish a relative chronological point for both series."
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References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gitler, Haim - Tal, Oren (2006), The Coinage of Philistia of the Fifth and Fourth Centuries BC. A Study of the Earliest Coins of Palestine, Collezioni Numismatiche 6, Milan
- ^ Gitler, Haim - Tal, Oren (2016), "Reclassifying Persian-Period Philistian Coins: Some New Identifications", Israel Numismatic Research, 11, p. 11-22.
