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{{Overstrike
|Sale=Roma, EA 6 (22/02/2014), no. 230.
|Image overstriking coin=Petra_Roma_Numismatics,_EA_6,_22_Feb._2014,_230.jpg
|Image reference overstriking coin=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=646414&AucID=1188&Lot=230
|Image overstruck variety=Ptolemy Zeus eagle (Nabatea).jpg
|Image reference overstruck variety=https://pro.coinarchives.com/a/lotviewer.php?LotID=1103097&AucID=2199&Lot=64
|Sale=Roma Numismatics, EA 6,  22 Feb. 2014, 230
|Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
|Obverse description=Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet.
|Reverse description=Nike advancing left, holding cornucopia and wreath. In left field, Λ.
|Reverse description=Nike advancing left, holding cornucopia and wreath. In left field, Λ.
|Mint=Petra?
|Mint=Petra
|Ancient region=Arabia
|Ancient region=Arabia
|Authority=Nabataean Kingdom ; Aretas I (king of the Nabatens, c. 170 BC) - supposed authority ; Aretas II (king of the Nabatens, 103-96 BC) - supposed authority
|Authority=Nabataean Kingdom
|Date from=270
|Date from=280 BCE
|Date to=72
|Date to=72 BCE
|Period=Hellenistic
|Metal=Bronze
|Weight=3.81
|Weight=3.81
|Diameter=16
|Diameter=16
|Axis=11 h
|Axis=11
|Coin series reference=Y. Meshorer, Nabataean Coins, Jerusalem, 1975, no. 1-4.;O. 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. 671
|Coin series reference=Meshorer 1975, n° 1-4; Schmitt-Korte - Price 1994, n° 5-6; HGC 10, n° 671
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Overstruck obverse description=Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath.
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle left.
|Overstruck reverse legend=ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ
|Overstruck ancient region=Egypt?
|Overstruck reverse legend language=Greek
|Overstruck authority=Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC)? ; Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC)?
|Overstruck reverse description=Eagle standing left on thunderbolt
|Overstruck mint=Ptolemais-Ake
|Overstruck ancient region=Phoenicia
|Overstruck authority=Ptolemaic dynasty (323-30 BC); Ptolemy II Philadelphus (Ptolemaic king, 283-246 BC); Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC)
|Overstruck date from=283 BCE
|Overstruck date to=222 BCE
|Overstruck period=Hellenistic
|Coin series reference overstruck=Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 793; CPE I, n° B437
|Coin series web reference overstruck=https://numismatics.org/pco/id/cpe.1_2.B437
|Frequency of overstrikes=frequent
|Level of confidence=sure
|Remarks="Overstruck on a Ptolemaic bronze issue, likely Ptolemy II or III, with much of the undertype visible. The use of Ptolemaic bronzes as flans for early Nabataean coinage is well demonstrated by overstrikes. Interestingly, one often encounters a reversal of obverse and reverse of the undertype in relation to the overstrike, as can be seen on this example."
}}
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Revision as of 10:55, 16 February 2024

Overstrike Database
SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ᵖ: 3366


280 BCE - 72 BCE

Images
Overstriking coin
Petra_Roma_Numismatics,_EA_6,_22_Feb._2014,_230.jpg [1]
Overstruck variety
Ptolemy Zeus eagle (Nabatea).jpg [2]
Location/history
Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: Roma Numismatics, EA 6, 22 Feb. 2014, 230

Overstriking coin

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: Nike advancing left, holding cornucopia and wreath. In left field, Λ.
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.: Petra Ancient regionAncient region. Arabia Modern countryModern country: Italy 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: Nabataean Kingdom
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 280 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 72 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze Nomisma.org WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 3.813.81 g <br />3,810 mg <br /> 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).: 1616 mm <br />1.6 cm <br />
References
Coin referenceReference of the Coin: Coin series referenceReference to coin series study: Meshorer 19751Meshorer 1975, n° 1-4, Schmitt-Korte - Price 19942Schmitt-Korte - Price 1994, n° 5-6, HGC 103HGC 10, n° 671

Overstruck type

Description
ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.: Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath. ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ (Greek) Eagle standing left on thunderbolt
Mint and issuing power
MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: Ptolemais-Ake Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ Phoenicia Modern countryModern country: Israel 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), Ptolemy III Euergetes (Ptolemaic king, 246-222 BC)
Chronology
FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 283 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 222 BCE Hellenistic 323-30 BC Nomisma.org periodTime period of the numismatic object.
Physical description
References
Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: Svoronos 1904-19084Svoronos 1904-1908, n° 793, CPE I5CPE I, n° B437
Coin series web reference overstruckCoin series web references overstruck:
Additional data
Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: frequent Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: sure
RemarksRemarks: "Overstruck on a Ptolemaic bronze issue, likely Ptolemy II or III, with much of the undertype visible. The use of Ptolemaic bronzes as flans for early Nabataean coinage is well demonstrated by overstrikes. Interestingly, one often encounters a reversal of obverse and reverse of the undertype in relation to the overstrike, as can be seen on this example."

References

  1. ^  Meshorer, Ya'akov (1975), Nabatean Coins, Qedem, Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology 3, Jerusalem, 111 p., 8 pl.
  2. ^  Schmitt-Korte, Karl - Price, Martin J. (1994), "Nabataean coinage. Part 3, The Nabataean monetary system", Numismatic Chronicle, 154, p. 67-131, pl. 10-12.
  3. ^  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.
  4. ^  Svoronos, Ioannes N. (1904-1908), Τὰ νομίσματα τοῦ κράτους τῶν Πτολεμαίων (Ta nomismata tou kratous tōn Ptolemaiōn - The coins of the Ptolemaic rulers), Athens, 4 v., 68 pl.
  5. ^  Lorber, Catharine C. (2018), Coins of the Ptolemaic empire : Part I. Ptolemy I through Ptolemy IV, 2 vol., New York.

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