Classification(s)
- Coin/Medal
Lepton/AE 15 (fracture defect)
Issuer (?)Likely issued by
Ake-Ptolemais
Expedition
The Joint Expedition to Samaria
Place of IssueAke-Ptolemais, Phoenicia, Asia
ProvenanceSamaria, Palestine
Date2nd Century (126/5) BCE
MediumAE (bronze/base metal)
Dimensions15 mm, 1.3 g, Axis: Indeterminate
CultureSeleucid
DescriptionCondition: 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 number1982.7.174
ProvenanceHarvard Samaria Crowfoot-Kenyon Excavation 1931-1933.
Collections
- Classical and Judaic Coins
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