3205 - Samaria (drachma male heads/bearded head) over Philistian type (male head/double Bes) (CNG, MBS 84, May 2010, 708): Difference between revisions
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|Coin series reference overstruck=Gitler - Tal 2006, XVIII.3Da ; Gitler - Tal 2016, p. 14, fig. 4. | |Coin series reference overstruck=Gitler - Tal 2006, XVIII.3Da ; Gitler - Tal 2016, p. 14, fig. 4. | ||
|Remarks=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. | |Remarks="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." | ||
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375 BCE - 332 BCE | "S"( Aramaic shin)
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.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Silver
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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
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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.
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Physical description
| DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius. ᵖ: | drachma
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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.
