Partica ?

[roth37]

Così mi sembra. ma tutt'altro che sicuro. Attendo pareri. Grazie

[gpittini]

DE GREGE EPICURI

Io credo che si possa trattare di una imitazione "alla lontana" di una tetradramma ateniese ("civetta"). Però, a quanto ricordo, queste imitazioni sono avvenute un po' dappertutto (Siria, Egitto, Arabia...) ma non in Parthia, dove esisteva una monetazione locale molto solida, e un controllo statale piuttosto efficace sulla produzione monetale.

[King John]

forse è  simile a questa:

Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.

Auction 106, lot 517, 13/09/2017, Hammer 1.700 USD

Greek 
PERSIA, Alexandrine Empire. Mazakes. Satrap of Mesopotamia, circa 331-323/2 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 16.93 g, 9h). Imitating Athens. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing; olive spray and crescent to left. Le Rider, Alexander, pp. 214-9; Van Alfen, Owls, Group IIIa, 77 (same dies); Nicolet-Pierre, Monnaies, pl. 26, c var. (same obv. die, "Mazakes symbol" on rev.). VF, traces of undertype. Very rare.
Although this coin is struck with the standard Athenian ethnic, it is obverse die-linked to the Athens imitations in the name of Mazakes.
Mazakes is best known as the Persian satrap who took over Egypt after Sabakes fell in battle against Alexander the Great's army at the Granicus, and later handed over the province peacefully to the Macedonian king. Imitative owls in the name of Mazakes have been known for some time, and all were originally attributed to his satrapy in Egypt. However, it was clear that stylistic elements separated the coinage into two general groups. More recent hoards, especially the 1973 Iraq hoard, have shown that one of the groups of imitative owls was certainly not struck in Egypt, but somewhere in the territory of modern day Iraq. In his analysis of the 1973 hoard, M. Price ("Circulation at Babylon in 323 B.C." in W.E. Metcalf, ed., Mnemata: Papers in Memory of Nancy M. Waggoner [New York, 1991], pp. 63–72) changed the findspot from Iraq to the more specific cite of Babylon, based on anecdotal evidence (p. 63), and gave the series of Mazakes' owls to the city. However, such an assignment has forced numismatists to conduct mental gymnastics in order to rationalize the presence of Mazakes' coins at Babylon (cf. Van Alfen, Owls, pp. 27–33, and Le Rider, Alexander, pp. 215–7, for a summary of the previous research).
It is clear that the attribution of the owls to Babylon is almost certainly incorrect, and other find evidence suggests an attribution to somewhere further north, perhaps in the satrapy of Mesopotamia (cf. Le Rider, op. cit., p. 217–9). In any event, this coinage clarifies the historical record regarding the disposition of Mazakes following his hand-over of Egypt, upon which subject the literary evidence is silent. As noted by Le Rider (op. cit., p. 215), one can compare Mazakes to other Persians who peacefully welcomed Alexander to their domains: Mazaios, who handed over Cilicia, was later made satrap in Babylon; and Mithrenes, who surrendered Sardes, was made satrap in Armenia. Also, the Persian noble Amminapes, who met Alexander in Egypt with Mazakes, was later made satrap of Parthia and Hyrkania. Thus, one would expect Mazakes to receive similarly favorable treatment, appointment to some position of authority. Interestingly, Mesopotamia is the only satrapy that is not addressed in the literary evidence when Alexander is organizing his eastern territories. As these tetradrachms of Mazakes are found in that region, and date to the period after Alexander's conquest, it is reasonable to suggest that Mazakes may have been appointed as satrap of Mesopotamia. It was also in the adjacent satrapy of Babylonia that Mazaios was allowed to strike a coinage in his name and types (influenced by his prior issues at Tarsos) for local use, and similar issues of local type and weight are known to have been issued at mints throughout the basin of the Tigris and Euphrates, from the time of Alexander to Seleukos I. Thus, these Athenian type tetradrachms likely constitute a local coinage of Mazakes, struck in the satrapy of Mesopotamia while he reigned there.

[eracle62]

Non forse, è questa...

Sei il solito pro.. Federico...

[roth37]

Perfetta , grazie. La moneta che ho postato è una dracma del peso di 5.33 g.

[okt]

Non sarà invece araba,  del Qataban ( قتبان‎) o, meglio, sabea?

Modificato 16 Agosto, 2018 da okt

[Alberto Varesi]

Ad occhio lo stile delle due monete mi sembra differente.....proseguirei la ricerca

[Alberto Varesi]

Il 16 agosto 2018 alle 10:05, okt dice:

Non sarà invece araba,  del Qataban ( قتبان‎) o, meglio, sabea?

Concordo...

 

 

Modificato 17 Agosto, 2018 da Alberto Varesi

[Alberto Varesi]

Trovato il segno sulla guancia: si tratta quindi di una dracma e non di una tetradracma come credevo inizialmente ?

[roth37]

Anche guardando attentamente su acsearch si può concordare che la dracma sia araba ed appartenga ai Sabei. Pur discordando, ho intitolato "Partica ?" in quanto questo avevo trovato sulla sua etichetta. Ora penso siamo giunti al vero in quanto anche il peso concorda.

[roth37]

Qui anche da Mark Breitsprecher (ancient Import) 1/4 di dracma così illustrata:

Arabia Felix. Saba AR 1/4 Drachm. Imitating Athens / Owl