Samarian Coinage 47

AuthoritySamaria (Achaemenid province) Denomination1/2 m'h MaterialSilver Date -0375 – -0332 CE SourceAmerican Numismatic Society

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Description

Obverse

in r. field ŠMRYN (שמרינ, in Aramaic) — Persian king(?) seated on throne ending in a duck’s head to r., wearing a jagged crown; smelling a three-petalled flower with one hand and holding a scepter (crowned by a pomegranate?) in the other hand; dotted circular border

Reverse

in upper field MBGY (מבגי, in Aramaic) — Lion attacking stag to r.; incuse circle

Source record

– Unchecked http://numismatics.org/collection/2010.77.36

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