3366 - Petra (AE Athena/Nike) over Ptolemaic type (Zeus/eagle) (Roma Numismatics, EA 6, Feb. 2014, 230)
From SILVER
270 - 72
Images
Location/history
| Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ: | Roma, EA 6 (22/02/2014), no. 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: | 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, Aretas I (king of the Nabatens, c. 170 BC) - supposed authority, Aretas II (king of the Nabatens, 103-96 BC) - supposed authority |
Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 270 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 72 | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: | 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.: 11 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property. | |
| 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: | Y. Meshorer1Y. Meshorer, Nabataean Coins, Jerusalem, 1975, no. 1-4., 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. 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.: | Eagle left. |
Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ: | Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ | Egypt? | Modern countryModern country: | AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ: | 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. toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. | periodTime period of the numismatic object. |
Physical description
References
| Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ: |
Additional data
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes: | Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification: | ||
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