Silver Obol, Samaria. 2010.77.42

Canonical URI: http://numismatics.org/collection/2010.77.42

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Obverse: Persian king sitting on throne r., wearing jagged crown and long folded garment, holding knotted sceptre in l. hand and smelling a flower held in his r.; border of dots.
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Reverse: Crowned,bearded and four-winged deity with bird’s tail, r., holding flower in r. hand and uncertain object in l

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Weight (in gr.): 0.75

Typological Description

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Administrative History

  • Identifier: 2010.77.42
  • Lot: 2010.77
  • Department: Greek
  • Collection: American Numismatic Society

  • Provenance

    • Abraham D. & Marian Scheuer Sofaer, in Memory of Dr. Yaakov Meshorer

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: American Numismatic Society
  • License: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) (images)
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