2881 - Gaza (obol female head/forepart horse) over uncertain type (Heritage, SS3003, March 2012, 20029)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2881

450 BCE - 380 BCE | ÃC (A Z for "Aza" or "Gaza")

Images

Overstriking coin

2881_-_Samaria_(obol_female_head-forepart_horse).jpg [1]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Heritage, SS3003, 08 March 2012, 20029.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Female head right with oriental hairstyle. Behind, hair bunched.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

ÃC (A Z for "Aza" or "Gaza") Forepart of horse right, within dotted square border.

Mint and issuing power

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

Gaza

Ancient regionAncient region.

Judaea

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 380 BCE

Classical 480-323 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 0.720.72 g <br />720 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: ma'ah (= obol)	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 99 mm <br />0.9 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Gitler - Tal 20061Gitler - Tal 2006, VI.2.O
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/gaza.gitler tal.2006.4.3.vi.2

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust left.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Modern countryModern country:

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

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

DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ:

obol

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:	"This coin is overstruck on an earlier obol of undetermined origin; the profile of a bust l. can be seen facing 9 o'clock on the reverse. The cataloguers have not previously seen an overstruck coin in this series."