Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XIV 21 Sep 2017
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Samaria(?), uncertain mint AR Siglos. Circa 4th century BC. Ruler or priest standing left with raised right arm / Phoenician or Aramaic legend ggy within ankh symbol in round incuse punch. Unpublished in the standard references. 5.20g, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished in the standard references.
The weight standard seems to be based on the Persian siglos standard of 5.35 grams, employed throughout the southern Levant. The reverse inscription ggy is possibly a personal name, such as found on an 8th century BC seal from Sebaste in Samaria reading Iggy, cf. P. Bordreuil / A. Lemaire, JA 265, 1977, p. 17, and A. Lemaire, Cinq nouveaux sceaux inscrits ouest-semitique', SEL 7, 1990, p. 98, 6.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished in the standard references.
The weight standard seems to be based on the Persian siglos standard of 5.35 grams, employed throughout the southern Levant. The reverse inscription ggy is possibly a personal name, such as found on an 8th century BC seal from Sebaste in Samaria reading Iggy, cf. P. Bordreuil / A. Lemaire, JA 265, 1977, p. 17, and A. Lemaire, Cinq nouveaux sceaux inscrits ouest-semitique', SEL 7, 1990, p. 98, 6.