3205 - Samaria (drachma male heads/bearded head) over Philistian type (male head/double Bes) (CNG, MBS 84, May 2010, 708)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3205

375 BCE - 332 BCE | "S"( Aramaic shin)

Images

Overstriking coin

Overstruck variety

Gitler_-_Tal_2016, _p._14, _fig._4..png [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ^ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group, MBS 84, 05 May 2010, 708.

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two confronted male heads, the left bearded, each wearing headdress in form of lion forepart.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"S"( Aramaic shin) Bearded head right, wearing headdress in form of lion forepart.

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}

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: 3.323.32 g <br />3,320 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: drachma	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).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Samarian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Gitler - Tal 2016, p. 139-141.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

HGC 101HGC 10, n° 392.

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Male head right, bearded.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Double Bes head joined at the mouth.

Mint and issuing power

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

Ancient regionAncient region. ^ᵖ

Philistia

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. 450 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 331 BCE

Classical ^{480-323 BC}

periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

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

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ^ᵖ:

Gitler - Tal 20062Gitler - Tal 2006, XVIII.3Da, Gitler - Tal 20163Gitler - Tal 2016, p. 14, fig. 4.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	"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."

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.