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Æ14 - Nectanebo II Levantine region
| Issuer | Egypt (ancient) |
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| Year | 360 BC - 343 BC |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | A balance scale (scales of justice) depicted in the central field, rendered in a schematic, linear style with a crossbar supported by a central upright post and two hanging pans suspended by cords. The entire device is enclosed within a beaded border running along the upper periphery of the flan. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend or additional symbols. The design reflects the Egyptianizing commercial iconography associated with Nectanebo II's Levantine bronze coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A ram depicted in full leap to the left, its body rendered in high relief with musculature suggested by bold, rounded forms. The animal turns its head sharply back to the right, looking behind, with horns clearly articulated. The figure occupies the majority of the flan and is surrounded by a partial beaded border along the upper edge. No legend is present; the plain field emphasizes the vigorous, naturalistic quality of the animal's posture, a motif linked to the cult of Amun and widely used on Nectanebo II's Levantine issues. |
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Nectanebo II, last native pharaoh of Egypt, issued bronze coinage in the Levantine territories under Egyptian control — an accommodation to Greek mercantile practice rather than any domestic Egyptian tradition. Pharaonic Egypt had no indigenous coinage culture; these small bronzes exist because the eastern Mediterranean economy demanded them.