24459 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (VCoins, Shick Coins, April 2020)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 24459

280 BCE - 72 BCE

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	VCoins, Shick Coins, April 2020

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Helmeted head of Athena to right

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Nike advancing to left, holding wreath and palm

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.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 4.374.37 g <br />4,370 mg <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.:

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Joppa

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Samaria

Modern countryModern country: Israel

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC)

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:	"Nabataean Kingdom. Areas lI or III. A 18 mm. Overstruck on rare Ptolemy III AE. Joppa mint. With harpa on left field."