3595 - Samaria (drachma ibex/stag) over Samarian type (CNG, MBS 64, Sept. 2003, 416)

From SILVER
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page : 3535


375 BCE - 332 BCE"SL" | "SL"

Images
Overstriking coin
3595_-_Samaria_(drachma_ibex-stag).jpg [1]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) : Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 64, 24 Sept. 2003, 416.

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: "SL" (Aramaic) Recumbent winged ibex right. All within dotted square. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: "SL" (Aramaic) Recumbent stag right., head reverted, within dotted square.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Samaria Ancient regionAncient region. Samaria Modern countryModern country: Palestine 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:
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 Classical 480-323 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.710.71 g <br />710 mg <br /> DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: obol Nomisma.org
StandardStandard.: Samarian
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: HGC 101HGC 10, n° 413
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. : Ancient regionAncient region.  Modern countryModern country: AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. :
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 :
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks: "The undertype on this coin, one of the few Samarian coins to be re-struck, is not identifiable."

References

  1. ^  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.