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 - 332 | "S"( Aramaic shin)

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Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group MBS 84 (05/05/2010), no. 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 toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 332

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: 3.323.32 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.: 12 h"h" is not declared as a valid unit of measurement for this property.
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 1414 mm <br />1.4 cm <br />		StandardStandard.: Samarian

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:

H. Gitler and O. Tal, "Reclassifying Persian-Period Philistian Coins: Some New Identifications", p. 14, fig. 12., Fischer-Bossert, "Review of Gitler and Taj, The Coinage of Philistia, 2006", 2010, p. 139-141.

Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:

Y. Meshorer and S. Qedar1Y. Meshorer and S. Qedar, Samarian Coinage, Jerusalem, 1999, no. 34 corr. (obv. headdresses not noted)., 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. 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. 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:

drachma

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

Gitler & Tal XVIII.3Da3Gitler & Tal XVIII.3Da, H. Gitler and O. Tal4H. Gitler and O. Tal, "Reclassifying Persian-Period Philistian Coins: Some New Identifications", p. 14, fig. 4.

Additional data

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