80 BCE - 68 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ - B]AΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY
Overstriking coin
Tigranes_Leu_Numismatik, _EA_28, _9_Dec._2023, _1584.jpg
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Overstruck variety
Aradus_Astarte_bull.jpg
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Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:
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Leu Numismatik, EA 28, 9 Dec. 2023, 1584
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| Private collection(s)Private collection(s) ᵖ:
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From a European collection, formed before 2005
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Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Draped bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing five-pointed tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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BAΣIΛEΩΣ - B]AΣIΛEΩN / TIΓPANOY (Greek) Tyche of Antioch seated to right on rock, holding palm branch in her right hand, below, river-god Orontes swimming right
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:
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Tigranocerta
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Ancient regionAncient region.
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Armenia
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Modern countryModern country: Turkey
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AuthorityIdentifies the issuing power. The authority can be "pretended" when the name or the portrait of X is on the coin but he/she was not the issuing power. It can also be "uncertain" when there is no mention of X on the coin but he/she was the issuing power according to the historical sources:
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Armenian kingdom
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 80 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 68 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC  periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
| MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze
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WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 5.715.71 g <br />5,710 mg <br />
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DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon
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| DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2323 mm <br />2.3 cm <br />
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References
Description
| ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:
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Veiled bust of Astarte right
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ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:
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Humped bull charging left
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Mint and issuing power
| MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:
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Aradus
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Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ
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Syria
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Modern countryModern country: Syria
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AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:
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Chronology
| FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 69 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 66 BCE
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Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.
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Physical description
References
| Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:
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frequent
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Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
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sure
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| RemarksRemarks:
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"This coin was overstruck on a civic bronze coin from Arados with the veiled bust of Astarte on the obverse and a bull on the reverse"
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References
- ^ Duyrat, Frédérique (2005), Arados hellénistique. Etude historique et monétaire, Beirut
- ^ Hoover, Oliver D. (2010), The Handbook of Greek Coinage Series. 10. handbook of coins of the Southern Levant : Phoenicia, southern Koile Syria (including Judaea), and Arabia, Lancaster-London, lxxix, 201 p.
