3854 - Jerusalem (Salome Alexandra) (AE double cornucopia/legend) over Alexander Jannaeus (anchor/lily flower) (Agora Auctions, 39, 25 Aug. 2015, 59)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 3854

| "YNTN HKHNHGDLWHBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews"

Images

Overstriking coin

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Agora Auctions, 39, 25 Aug. 2015, 59.
Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:	K. Miller collection

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Two cornucopias, ornemented with ribbons, surrounding a pomegranate.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

"YNTN HKHNHGDLWHBR HYHWDYM": transcription from paleo-Hebrew script ; ie. "Yonatan the High Priest and the Council of the Jews" (Hebrew) Legend within wreath.

Mint and issuing power

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

Jerusalem

Ancient regionAncient region.

Judaea

Modern countryModern country: Israel

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:

Salome Alexandra (Hasmoneans queen, 76-67 BC), Hasmonean kingdom (c. 140-37 BCE)

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..

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: 1.841.84 g <br />1,840 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: Prutah?	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1111 mm <br />1.1 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 15.415.4 mm <br />1.54 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

D. Hendin1D. Hendin, Guide to biblical coins, New York, 2001, no. 1159b (overstruck on Jannaeus 1148), O. D. Hoover2O. D. Hoover, The Handbook of Coins of the Southern Levant (phoenicia, Southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia - The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series, volume 10, Lancaster-London, 2010, no. 638-642.

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:

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Judaea

Modern countryModern country:

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

Alexander Jannaeus (Hasmonean king, 103-76 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

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

prutah?

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Meshorer3Meshorer, Ancient Jewish Coinage, vol. 1, p. 69, 118, Group Aa.4Group Aa.

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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