Nectanebo II gold stater

Obverse of Nectanebo II gold stater.

The Nectanebo gold stater is a 4th century BC stater containing two Egyptian hieroglyphs, and probably used for payment to military personnel.

Nectanebo II has the distinction of being the pharaoh to have minted a gold coin with hieroglyphs. The reverse of the coin has a horse reared on its back legs;^[1] the obverse has two hieroglyphs, in ligature, the necklace of gold, nb, upon the nfr symbol for beauty. (Perfect gold, or in modern translation: 'Fine' gold.)

Shape

The Nectanebo II gold stater is circular.

References

1. ^ Schulz, Seidel, 1998. Egypt: The World of the Pharaohs, Editors, Regine Schulz, Matthias Seidel, Konemann Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Cologne, English translation version. p. 370. (obverse, reverse) (hardcover, ISBN 3-89508-913-3)

See also

• Egyptian hieroglyphs