Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG
Auction 334 17 Mar 2020
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Judaea as a Glacis of the Ptolemaic Empire (ca. 300-200 BCE). Ptolemaic Rule.
Ptolemy I, 305-282 BCE. AR-Hemiobol, Jerusalem; 0,24 g. Plain (?)//YHZQYH (Yehezeqiyah) left of an owl standing to r., head facing; its feathers around its head form a nimbus-like object, HRH[dot below]H (the governour) to the right of it. Hendin no. 1069; Meshorer, Treasury 199 no. 22.
Very rare in this nice state of preservation. Obv. plain as usual; rev. very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 4.
It is worth considering whether the mentioned governor Yehezeqiyah is to be identified with the high priest ζεκίας mentioned by Josephus, Contra Apionem I 22, 9.
Ptolemy I, 305-282 BCE. AR-Hemiobol, Jerusalem; 0,24 g. Plain (?)//YHZQYH (Yehezeqiyah) left of an owl standing to r., head facing; its feathers around its head form a nimbus-like object, HRH[dot below]H (the governour) to the right of it. Hendin no. 1069; Meshorer, Treasury 199 no. 22.
Very rare in this nice state of preservation. Obv. plain as usual; rev. very fine
Overbeck – Meshorer no. 4.
It is worth considering whether the mentioned governor Yehezeqiyah is to be identified with the high priest ζεκίας mentioned by Josephus, Contra Apionem I 22, 9.