Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
Lepton/AE 15
IssuerIssued by
Ake-Ptolemais
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueAke-Ptolemais, Phoenicia
ProvenanceSamaria, Palestine
Date2nd Century (126/125) BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions15 mm, 1.9 g, 12 o'clock?
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: P/G-Ruler/Minting Authority: Ake-Ptolemais
City-State/Region/Mint: Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia
Obverse & Reverse
Conjoined heads of Dioskouroi laureate, right (obscured).
Cornucopia; to right, ANTIOXEΩN TΩN EN ΠTOΛEMAI(ΔI); to left, IEPAΣ AΣYΛOY (?); date in field to right, indecipherable.
Object number1982.7.160
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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