Notae Numismaticae - Zapiski Numizmatyczne (11.2016)

DONALD T. ARIEL

Table 3. Checklist of commonly-held characteristics of locally-minted Persian-period coins
of the Southern Levant (A=always; C=common; R=rare; N=never; Abbreviations of the denomina-
tions follow Gitler and Tal [2006a: 75])

Philistia
Gaza
Ascalon
Ashdod
‘Philistia’
Yehud
Samaria
Tissaphemes
at Dor
Edom
Legends with the mint
name or parts of it
A
A
A
N
A
C
N
N
Legends with persona!
names
R
N
N
R
C
R
-
N
No legends
(anepigraphic)
N
N
N
C
R
C
A
Athenian-styled types
without the mint name
N
N
N
A
N
C
-
N
Athenian-styled types
C
C
C
C
C
R
N
A
Phoenician
iconography
N
N
N
N
N
C
N
N
AR-plated JE
R
N
R
A
R
Tetradrachm
✓
✓
-
Didrachm
V
✓
-
Y
Drachm
■/
✓
✓
✓
[x2]
✓
-
Denominations
Hem i drachm
✓
Obol
V
s
✓
✓
✓
-
Hemiobol
V
y
✓
✓
V
-
Quarter obol
Fraction
s
V
✓
V
✓
-
Die deterioration and
damage
V
Y