24833 - Etenna (AE nymph/knife) over Ptolemy II (Zeus/eagle) (Side Museum, Inv. 3346)
From SILVER
100 BCE - 30 BCE | ET
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Location/history
| Museum collectionMuseum collection: | Side Museum, Inv. 3346 | |
Overstriking coin
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Nymph facing, with serpent wrapped around her. Behind, overturned oinochoe. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ET (Greek) Sickle-shaped knife. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: | Etenna | Ancient regionAncient region. | Pisidia | Modern countryModern country: Turkey | 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. 100 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 30 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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References
| Coin referenceReference of the Coin: | Köker 2018, p. 182, fig. 4a | Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: | SNG Copenhagen Pisidia1SNG Copenhagen Pisidia, n° 146, SNG von Aulock Pisidien2SNG von Aulock Pisidien, n° 5018, SNG France 33SNG France 3, n° 1538-1540, Köker 20184Köker 2018, p. 182, fig. 4.a. |
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Overstruck type
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: | Horned Head of Zeus Ammon right, wearing taenia with basileion, dotted border. | ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: | ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ on l., ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ on r. (Greek) Eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, Head reverted, double Cornucopiae bound with royal diadem over Eagle's shoulder, dotted border |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Tyre | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Phoenicia | Modern countryModern country: Lebanon | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC), Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC) |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 246 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 222 BCE | Hellenistic 323-30 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: | Trichalkon |
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: | Svoronos 1904-19085Svoronos 1904-1908, 710. | ||
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Additional data
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