Stater of Nectanebo II
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Late Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 30
Date: 361-343 B.C.
Medium: Gold
Dimensions:
diam.: 11/16 in. (18 mm)
8.38 grams
Die Axis: 11
Credit Line: Purchased with the W. C. Maverick Fund
Object number: 93.95.6
Provenance: Auktion Hess-Leu, Lucerne, April 4, 1963, lot 99. Bank Leu Auktion, Zurich, April 28 1982, lot 216. George and Robert Stevenson by 1993; sold, Classical Numismatic Group, June 11, 1993, lot 137, to San Antonio Museum of Art.
Published References
Classical Numismatic Group, sale 26, 6/11/93, lot 137
J. Powers and J. Johnston, eds., San Antonio Museum of Art: Guide to the Collection (San Antonio: San Antonio Museum of Art, 2012), 29.
T. Faucher, W. Fischer-Bossert, and S. Dhennin, "Les monnaies en or aux types hiéroglyphiques nwb nfr," Bulletin de l'Institut Français d' Archéologie Orientale 112 (2012), p. 148, no. 1e, and p. 168, pl. I.
Label Text
Obverse: Prancing horse
Reverse: Hieroglyphs: heart and windpipe (nefer, “good”) and pectoral (nub, “gold”)
(J. Powers, 2008)
Reverse: Hieroglyphs: heart and windpipe (nefer, “good”) and pectoral (nub, “gold”)
(J. Powers, 2008)
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