2402 - Tigranocerta (Tigranes II) (AE Tigranes/Tyche) over Aradus (Astarte/bull) (CNG, EA 217, Aug. 2009, 126)

Overstrike Database

SILVER IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ: 2402

70 BCE - 66 BCE | BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY

Images

Overstriking coin

Tigranocerta_over_Aradus_(CNG, _EA_217, _Aug._2009, _126).jpg [1]

Overstruck variety

Aradus Astarte bull Paris.jpg [2]

Location/history

	Sale(s)Sale(s) ᵖ:	Classical Numismatic Group EA 217 (26/08/2009), n° 126

Overstriking coin

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Tigranes II to right, wearing Armenian tiara decorated with a star between two eagles and tied with a diadem, drapery on shoulders. Border of dots.

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

BAΣIΛEΩΣ BAΣIΛEΩN TIΓPANOY Tyche of Antioch seated on rocks right, wearing turreted crown, holding palm branch. At her feet, the upper portion of the river-god Orontes swimming right. In field, letters/monograms. Border of dots.

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object.:

Tigranocerta

Ancient regionAncient region.

Armenia

Modern countryModern country: Turkey

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:

Armenian kingdom, Tigranes II of Armenia (Artaxiad king, c. 95-56 BC)

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 70 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 66 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

MetalThe physical material (usually metal) from which an object is made.: Bronze	WeightWeight of the numismatic object (in grams). in grams: 6.286.28 g <br />6,280 mg <br />	DenominationTerm indicating the value of a numismatic object. Examples: tetradrachm, chalkous, denarius.: tetrachalkon	AxisDescribes the directional relationship between the obverse and reverse of a numismatic object.: 1212 mm <br />1.2 cm <br />
DiameterDescribes diameter of an object (in mm).: 2121 mm <br />2.1 cm <br />

References

Coin referenceReference of the Coin:		Coin series referenceReference to coin series study:	Bedoukian 19781Bedoukian 1978, n° 91-98 ("Antioch type", units 1, 2 and 4), Nercessian 19952Nercessian 1995, n° 48-54, Kovacs 20163Kovacs 2016, n° 124.
Coin series web referenceCoin series web references:	https://greekcoinage.org/iris/id/tigranes ii armenia.tigranocerta.kovacs.2016.124

Overstruck type

Description

ObverseInscription or printing placed on the obverse.:

Bust of Astarte-Europa right, wearing stephane and veil. Border of dots (visible on reverse)

ReverseInscription or printing placed on the reverse.:

Humped zibu galloping left. Above and below, letters and date (visible on obverse: date CY (year 166))

Mint and issuing power

MintIdentifies the place of manufacture or issue of a numismatic object. ᵖ:

Aradus

Ancient regionAncient region. ᵖ

Syria (Phoenicia)

Modern countryModern country: Syria

AuthorityIdentifies the authority in whose name (explicitly or implicitly) a numismatic object was issued. ᵖ:

Chronology

FromIdentifies the initial date in a range assigned in a numismatic context. 94 BCE toIdentifies the final date in a range assigned in a numismatic context.. 94 BCE

Hellenistic 323-30 BC periodTime period of the numismatic object.

Physical description

References

Coin type referenceReference to coin series study ᵖ:

BMC Phoenicia4BMC Phoenicia, p. 4à, n° 325-345 (325), Duyrat 20055Duyrat 2005, n° 4422-4602

Additional data

Frequency of overstrikesFrequency of overstrikes:		Level of confidenceLevel of confidence of the identification:
RemarksRemarks:	" Overstruck on a bronze coin of Arados (BMC 325), dated CY 166 (94/3 BC). "